Two Ethiopian journalists, Wesenseged Gebrekidan, deputy
editor-in-chief of "ETOP" newspaper, and Kidushabet Belachew, editor-in-chief of "Mebrek" newspaper have both been charged by the High Court.

A sixteen-year-old boy's prosecution and conviction for engaging in sexual relations with men violates international standards, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Egyptian authorities.

The independence of the judiciary and the media have come under attack, Amnesty International and Reporters sans Frontieres say.

The Magistrates' and Judges' Association of Malawi has written to President Bakili Muluzi, urging him to reject his United Democratic Front MPs attempts to sack three senior High Court judges.

After a prolonged silence for nearly three years, the official publication of the Press Union of Liberia is back on the newsstand. MEDIA LINE, a monthly publication, is intended to keep our members, supporters and friends abreast of what goes on in the world of Liberian journalism - it's about journalists, about the good, the bad and the ugly things as they affect our job.

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Two journalists were arrested on 14 November 2001 by order of the state prosecutor. The two journalists were taken to the central police station in Bissau. No explanation was provided to explain the motive for the arrests. On 27 October, N'Tchama ordered the indefinite closure of the private daily "Diário de Bissau" and the private weekly "Gazeta de Noticias" because of "irregular activities." The prosecutor also accused the publications of disturbing the country's "peace and stability" and "violating official secrets.

The harassment of Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe(Private) Limited, publishers of The Daily News, continued in the week. The paper’s editor-in-chief, Geoffrey Nyarota, and the company’s founding Chief Executive Officer, Wilf Mbanga, were arrested, detained and subsequently appeared in court.

Visit these resources on the Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference as well as a critical look at institutions like the World Bank amd the IMF from Globalization in Focus.

The formerly titled Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL) has expanded its offerings and now brings users resources in mathematics and computing as well. The site should feel familiar to users of the old EEVL database, but along with the widened scope of materials, EEVL has undergone a redesign offering some new features.

This week sees the opening of BusyInternet’s first technology development centre in Accra. The company’s founder Mark Davies has ambitious plans to open a network of technology development centres based upon the same business model across the continent. He has found a young and energetic management team and attracted investors into the project. The Accra opening will be the test case. Russell Southwood describes how the company wants to build something more than just "bricks and mortar".

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), have launched a website to help dairy farmers track current information. The agreement was signed yesterday after a one month's trial link up at the ICRAF campus in Gigiri by representatives from the two organisations.

Download useful ebooks for free at this site. One covers Writing SKills and another is a beginners guide to HTML. (Windows only).

This site is geared towards anyone who uses computers in an elementary school, but I believe it is worthwhile reading for anyone who spends time on a computer. There is no time like the present to begin practising "Good Work Habits," and learning about "Work Station Setup."

In order to preserve the right to anonymous communication, and for many, secure communication, services like Safeweb and Anonymizer sprang up all over the World Wide Web. Several of these services are now defunct in the wake of the New York terrorist attacks and economic pressures.

An article by Lawrence Lessig examines legal and corporate trends that threaten to undermine the open, freely accessible nature of this "engine of innovation". Lessig argues that walling off portions of cyberspace with code and infrastructure strictures will limit it's use as a machinery for democracy and change. Long and worth the read.

The Digital Divide Network (DDN) is a national coalition of non-profit institutions and IT companies working together to help bridge the digital divide. DDN is currently seeking articles around a number of issues in this field. Read on for details.