 |  Misa Concerned About Media Coverage of Presidential Elections MISA MISA-Zimbabwe notes with great concern the skewed coverage of the campaign period preceding the high stakes presidential election run-off slated for 27 June 2008 more so by the state media and in particular the national broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC).
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 | BoN leaves Namibian repo rate unchanged BON The Bank of Namibia has decided to keep the Bank rate unchanged 10.5 percent. It is believed that this decision does not pose a threat to the country’s reserves outlook over the medium term.
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 | Zimbabwe - Fear Pervading Media, Public Denied Information. IFJ/MISA/NAFEO Statement of the Zimbabwe Fact Finding Mission of African Media Organisations
13 June 2008: Harare, Zimbabwe - From June 8 to13, a mission made up of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ Africa Office based in Senegal), the Southern Africa Editors' Forum (SAEF), the Southern Africa Journalists Association (SAJA), the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Regional Office and the Network of African Freedom of Expression
Organisations (NAFEO), visited Zimbabwe on a fact-finding mission to ascertain the conditions of media and freedom of expression in Zimbabwe in
the light of the arrests of journalists, both local and foreign, and the deteriorating freedom of expression environment. This mission also comes in the context of the forthcoming Presidential run-off election slated for 27 June 2008.
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 | “Bullets for each of you” - Human Rights Watch HRW The campaign of violence and repression in Zimbabwe, aimed at destroying opposition and ensuring that Robert Mugabe is returned as president in runoff elections on June 27, 2008 is claiming thousands of victims as the government at national and local levels actively, systematically and methodically targets Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) activists and perceived MDC supporters.
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 | Malawi: Official Intimidates Reporter Seeking Information On Police Action MISA On 7 June 2008, Machinga District Commissioner (DC) Lawrence Makonokaya mistreated Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) correspondent Wyford Banda. The incident occurred when the latter sought the DC's comments on the arrest of people involved in a fight with the police over participation in the Malawi Housing and Population Census. It took place at around 6:00 p.m. (local time) at the Ntaja police station, situated in the southern district of Machinga.
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 | Nshr: Namibians Must Wake To Political Intrigues NSHR NSHR condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the latest verbal attack by the ruling Swapo Party (SP) on the Ovakwanyama Traditional Authority (OTA) and civil servants in the Ohangwena Region. The attack, characterized by flimsy and sweeping accusations, is viewed by some analysts and certain prominent Oshikwanyama-speaking people as part of a systematic witch-hunt against Namibia’s Ovakwanyama community as a whole.
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 | Informanté Barred From Beauty Pageant in Retaliation for Critical Coverage Media Institute of Southern Africa (Windhoek) MISA's Namibia chapter has noted with concern complaints by the "Informanté" newspaper that the organisers of the Miss Namibia beauty pageant have refused to grant "Informanté entry to the pageant for coverage.
According to "Informanté" reporter Elvis Mboya, the organiser of the annual Miss Namibia pageant, Connie Maritz, made it "categorically clear that 'Informanté' will not cover this year's event."
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| | United States Government Releases Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report Us gov/Nam The 170-country report is the most comprehensive worldwide report on the efforts of governments to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons, a modern-day form of slavery. Its findings are intended to raise global awareness and spur countries to take effective actions to counter trafficking in persons.
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 | NSHR:Petition Against Arms Transfers To Zimbabwe NSHR .... there is still a real danger that any further arms shipments to Zimbabwe will only aggravate the human security situation there. We therefore urge you to build on your achievement and go a step further by declaring an immediate moratorium on the transfer of any and all military, paramilitary, police and security equipment destined for Zimbabwe that can be used in internal repression.
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 | Namibia: WHEN DESIRE TO BE SERVED DRIVES LEADERSHIP NSHR NSHR joins the general public and certain sections of the local media in registering its utter disgust at the corrupt conduct and scandalous failure by several top politicians and lawmakers to discharge their duties. In accordance with the Namibian Constitution and law, high-ranking politicians and public officials are required to act reasonably and fairly and comply with the requirements imposed upon them by common law and relevant legislation. Ministers and lawmakers are not above the law and neither are they more equal than the rest of the country’s population.
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 | Namibia: ICC NABS JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA NSHR Namibia’s National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) welcomes the arrest on Saturday in Belgium of former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba (c.45) on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges.
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 | Police Accused Of Brutality NSHR Namibian Police (NamPol) members have lately been accused of police brutality by several citizens around the country, NSHR has established. However, Articles 7 and 11 of the Namibian Constitution (i.e. Articles 3 and 7 of the Namibian Bill of Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) guarantee the right of everyone to personal liberty and security of person as well as freedom from arbitrary deprivation of liberty.
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 | SWAPO Party Activists Block RDP Rally NSHR A group of between 50 and 70 boisterous SWAPO Party (SP) supporters yesterday effectively barred a scheduled rally of the rival Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) from taking place in a poverty-stricken locality of Windhoek. Despite the vigorous Police efforts to persuade SP supporters to leave the venue, a potentially violent encounter was only avoided after RDP decided to withdraw ‘for the sake of peace’.
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 | Net & Politics 2007 PoliticsOnline/World E-Gov Forum The Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics PoliticsOnline and the World E-Gov Forum are proud to announce the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics. For the seventh year in a row, PoliticsOnline subscribers and visitors from around the world have voted to select the top 10 individuals, organizations and companies having the greatest impact on the way the Internet is changing politics
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 | MISA Statement on the World Press Freedom Day May 3 2008 MISA The Media Institute of Southern Africa, a regional media and freedom of expression advocacy organisation, based in Windhoek and working through national chapters in 11 Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries joins the rest of the world in marking the World Press Freedom Day on May 3 2008. MISA commemorates May 3 under the theme “Press Freedom, Access to Information and empowering the people.” This theme captures all we expect from our media, and the role our governments should play in promoting media and freedom of expression rights.
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 | Iansa: Detain The Ship And The Weapons Iansa IANSA, the global movement against gun violence, has won a court order to prevent a consignment of arms, including AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds, on a Chinese ship from being transported overland through South Africa to Zimbabwe. IANSA is now appealing to the governments of SADC, especially Angola, Mozambique and Namibia, to also prevent the arms cargo.
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 | NAMIBIA: NSHR - International Community Must Reject Mugabe NSHR Namibia’s National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) calls upon the international community (IC) to refrain from calling upon Zimbabwe to release the presidential elections. Instead, the IC must reject Mr. Robert Mugabe and his unelected Government outright. Also, the IC must unequivocally urge Mugabe to step down.
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