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1.	Interview with Professor Welshman Ncube
	Author: Violet Gonda	Date Written: 3 July 2009
	Primary Category: Zimbabwe	Document Origin: S W Radio Africa
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://swradioafrica.com
	Key Words: JOMIC, democracy, Global Political Agreement,
	Summary & Comment: Hot Seat interview: Journalist Violet Gonda speaks to Joint Monitoring Implementation Committee co-chairperson, Professor Welshman Ncube. FG
2.	Zanu PF militias back in action in rural areas
	Author: Tichaona Sibanda	Date Written: 2 July 2009
	Primary Category: Zimbabwe	Document Origin: Zimbabwe News
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://zwnews.com
	Key Words: Kariba, militia, constitution, MDC
	Summary & Comment: Old habits die hard for ZANU PF. FG
3.	Police assault photogragher & WOZA protesters
	Author: MISA-Zimbabwe Alert	Date Written: 25 June 2009
	Primary Category: Zimbabwe	Document Origin: Media Institute of Southern Africa; IFEX
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe
	Key Words: Zimbabwe, arrest, assault, WOZA, photographer,
	Summary & Comment: MISA-Zimbabwe condemns the police’s arrest of a journalist doing his lawful, professional duties. Regis Nyandima, a photographer with The Herald, a state-controlled national daily, and several demonstrating members of WOZA were arrested. DN
4.	Gay-lesbian debate threatens to split Zimbabwe Christian Alliance
	Author: The Telegraph, Bulawayo	Date Written: 15 June 2009
	Primary Category: Zimbabwe	Document Origin: The Telegraph
	Secondary Category: Gender	Source URL: http://www.mask.org.za
	Key Words: Zimbabwe, gays, lesbians, church, constitution,
	Summary & Comment: “We must give an opportunity for somebody to be wrong, even though they are sincere in their wrongness. We cannot be democratic if we do not acknowledge them. We need to appreciate them (gays and lesbians) as people, despite their attitudes,” says the Reverend Ray Motsi from the Baptist Church. Homosexuality is a crime in Zimbabwe, and President Ro . . . [expand]
5.	Red Cross feeding thousands of prisoners
	Author: IRIN	Date Written: 8 June 2009
	Primary Category: Zimbabwe	Document Origin: IRIN News
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.irinnews.org
	Key Words: Red Cross, prisoners, food, disease,
	Summary & Comment: Since the government embarked on the fast-track land redistribution programme, winter wheat farming has deteriorated, and the trend is set to continue this year because the new farmers are again poorly prepared. Prisoners are not receiving any food aid. FG
6.	Chipanga’s music banned
	Author: Correspondent	Date Written: 8 June 2009
	Primary Category: Zimbabwe	Document Origin: Zimdaily
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.zimdaily.com
	Key Words: Mutare, music, ban, radio, Mozambique
	Summary & Comment: The Zimbabwe government should aim at climbing out of the pit as there is no more room going downwards. Sinkingg as low as banning some music is a shameful sign of desperation. FG
7.	Journalists barred from Comesa summit despite High Court order
	Author: Alex Bell	Date Written: 8 June 2009
	Primary Category: Zimbabwe	Document Origin: S. W. Radio Africa
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.swradioafrica.com
	Key Words: Comesa, MIC, journalists, observers
	Summary & Comment: The harassment of journalists continues despite assurances by Prime Minister Tsvangirai that the situation has normalized in Zimbabwe. The leader, who is touring overseas countries, told Dutch TV that his main aim for the trip was for the international community to accept Zimbabwe, which has been in isolation for a decade now, as "a normal dem . . . [expand]