10 November 2004

IWPR Launches Africa Media Project


9 November 2004

The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), a British-based media training organisation, is expanding its programme of activities to include Africa.

It recently launched a new project that initially focuses on four Southern African countries: Angola, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

The Southern Africa Good Governance and Media Development Programme aims to strengthen accurate and responsible journalism, increase media coverage of human rights issues and promote civil society as a pillar of development in the region. An office based in South Africa will coordinate training workshops and bring together journalists from different countries.

Future initiatives will tackle conflict issues in other parts of Africa, including a regional programme on women and war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. IWPR's work is supported by the Danish Foreign Ministry, Open Society Institute, the Ford Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation.

The premier issue of Africa Reports, a collection of articles written by local journalists, focuses on Zimbabwe.

Visit: http://www.iwpr.net/africa_index1.html



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