Zimbabwe to Relax Media Laws

Zimbabwean journalists want the country's new unity government to scrap tough media laws which critics say President Robert Mugabe has used to muzzle his opponents.

The move follows a demand from western donors that the unity government carry out wider political and media reforms before they can commit funding to the country’s economic recovery programme.

Zimbabwe adopted regulations seven years ago imposing strict registration conditions for private news organisations, barring foreign journalists from basing themselves in the country and authorising almost routine arrests of journalists accused of reporting "falsehoods".

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