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• Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Bill (March 15, 2002) -- plus June 2003 Amendment (via Kubatana--The NGO Network Alliance Project, Harare, Zimbabwe) Word document or PDF.
  
  
• All Africa.Com: Recent News Summaries on Zimbabwe (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
  Current news from various African news agencies, including The Financial Gazette, The Insider (Harare business monthly), the Pan African News Agency, UN agencies, and other services on Zimbabwe; plus links to regional news. Warning: the searchable archive for articles older than 30 days is only available through subscription.
  
  
• The Chronicle. (Online) -- Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Newspapers Ltd., 2001-
  The electronic version of the current issue of this pro-government newspaper, with local, national, and international news; no back issues. Note: the link may be very slow.
  
  
• Committee to Protect Journalists on Zimbabwe (New York)
  • "Bad to Worse in Zimbabwe" (June 23, 2008) -and- Reports on Zimbabwe 2008 Archive
    
    
  • "Zimbabwe's exiled press: uprooted journalists struggle to keep careers, independent rerporting alive" by Elisabeth Witchel (October 2005) Dangerous assignments. (Online)
  • "Police raid offices of Daily News", September 16, 2003
  
  
• Elections and On-going Crisis in Zimbabwe in 2008--
  • Scholars' Debate on Zimbabwe
    -- The London Review of Books (Online): "Lessons of Zimbabwe" by Mahmood Mamdani (Dec 4, 2008) ; Letters from other scholars; Mamdani reply (Dec 18, 2008) ; More letters ; Mamdani reply (January 1, 2009)
    -- Links: international journal of socialist renewal. (Online): Lessons of Zimbabwe: An exchange between Patrick Bond and Mahmood Mamdani (December 2008)
    -- ACAS--Association of Concerned Africa Scholars on Zimbabwe 2008-2009 (via University of California, Irvine)
    
    
  • 2008 Zimbabwe electoral candidates and Articles archive on 2008 elections in Zimbabwe (via Kubatana.Net, Harare, Zimbabwe)
    
    
  • Africa Action Special Report: "The 2008 Zimbabwe Elections: A Dream Deferred (July 2008) PDF format (Washington, DC)
    "In March 2008, Africa Action and TransAfrica Forum sent a joint delegation to witness Zimbabwe's historic elections. This in-depth Special Report lays out the information and analysis gathered directly from grassroots communities, trade union organizations, and other civic groups."
    
    
  • Zimbabwe Election Support Network, 2008 (Harare, Zimbabwe)
    A Zimbabwe-based NGO [estab. in 1998] offering public education and analysis on the election process and the results in Zimbabwe, with related documents and reports.
    
    
  • Sokwanele -- "Zimbabwe Election Watch 2008" (Zimbabwe Civic Action Group)
    
    
  • Mail & Guardian. (Online): "Zimbabwe: A Special Report" (2008) (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    
    
  • Africa Action's selected reports from Zimbabwe election observers (March 14, 2002) (Washington, DC)
    
  • Electoral Institute of Southern Africa on Zimbabwe 2002 Elections (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    
  • Movement for Democratic Change: Election News -- current and previous
    
  • Southern African Research and Documentation Centre: Elections 2000 Sustainable Democracy: Zimbabwe (June 2000)
    
  
  
• The Financial Gazette. (Online) -- Harare, Zimbabwe : The Gazette, 1997-.
  This site offers the online version of the independent Zimbabwe financial weekly: current issue and an archive of selected back issues since 2003 only.
  
  
• The Herald. (Online) -- Harare: The Herald, 1998-
  Current issue and a small archive of back issues. If link is not working with Netscape, see also: the mirror site.
  
  
• IRIN--Integrated Regional Information Networks on Zimbabwe (See below)
  
  
• "The Media and Zimbabwe" Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. (Online), November 2005 (University of Westminster, London, UK)
  
  
• Media Institute of Southern Africa, Zimbabwe Chapter: The State of the Media Report 2003 December 17, 2003. (via Kubatana; Harare, Zimbabwe)
  
  
• Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (2008) (Harare)
  "MMPZ is an independent trust that works to promote responsible journalism in Zimbabwe. This is achieved through monitoring and analysis of news and current affairs on radio, television and the print media." The site includes reports on 2008 elections coverage!
  See also: Kubatana.Net's Archive for Media Sector.
  
  
• Le Monde Diplomatique Archives: Zimbabwé, 2006--
  De plus, on peut chercher << Zimbabwé >> dans les archives.
  
  
• National Information and Communications Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa: Zimbabwe, 1999 (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  General background, Internet connectivity data, and project information.
  
  
• PBS Frontline World: "Zimbabwe: Shadows and Lies" (Public Broadcasting Service, New York)
  The web site for an American public television program covering the situation in Zimbabwe in 2006, with online video excerpt, transcripts of extended interviews with Zimbabweans, and related information.
  
  
• The Sunday Mail. (Online) -- Harare, Zimbabwe : Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd., 2000-
  The most recent issue of the electronic version of this weekly newspaper from Zimbabwe [originally established in 1935]. Sometimes the electronic news is a few weeks behind; and, there is no back issues archive.
  
  
• SW Radio Africa (UK and South Africa)
  The website includes information about broadcasts, as well as news briefs, commentaries, and opinions on Zimbabwe; plus other news links.
  
  
• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) on Zimbabwe
  Current and recent news from UN agencies and other sources on Zimbabwe.
  
  
• Utande Internet Services (Pvt) Ltd. (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  This is a commercial site.
  
  
• The Zimbabwe Guardian. Talk Zimbabwe. (London, UK)
  Current online news and opinions for the Zimbabwean diaspora on Zimbabwe.
  
  
• The Zimbabwe Independent. (Online) -- Harare: Zimind Publishers Ltd., 1997-
  Access to current issue of this weekly newspaper, plus a link to the archive of back issues.
  
  
• Zimbabwe Meterological Office, Harare (Zimbabwe. Ministry of Transport and Energy, Department of Meterological Services.)
  Weather forecasts for Zimbabwe, related climate information; plus information about the department.
  
  
• Zimbabwe News Online Archive, 1997-98
  -- Copenhagen: Africa News Network, 1997-98 (via University of Pennsylvania)
  This collection of bi-monthly news was assembled from e-mail messages. "Zimbabwe News Online is written by Zimbabwean journalists from their point of view. It is assembled and edited in Copenhagen by Africa News Network, part of South Africa Contact, the former anti-apartheid movement in Denmark."
  
  
• The Zimbabwe Standard. (Online) -- Harare: Zimbabwe Standard, 1998-
  The most recent electronic issue of this Sunday newspaper and a searchable archive of selected back issues.
  
  
• The Zimbabwean. (Online) -- London, UK: The Zimbabwean, 2005-
  The online version of a weekly newspaper on Zimbabwean affairs organized by Zimbabweans outside of the country...launched in mid-March 2005. "We are a group of committed and professional Zimbabwean journalists and friends from around the world who have come together to start the first physical newspaper for Zimbabweans in exile. The paper will be edited by Wilf Mbanga, founder and first Chief Executive of Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe, the publishers of The Daily News (closed down in 2003 under the terms of the Zimbabwe Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.)"
  
  
• ZimOnline (via MWEB Business, Johannesburg, South Africa)
  Current and recent online news and commentary mostly by Zimbabwean journalists, with news, commentary, and cartoons archive. "The ZimOnline News Agency Project was launched on 8 July 2004."
  
  
• ZWNews.Com (London, UK)
  Current news reports on Zimbabwe mostly from South African and British media services; plus an "advanced search" for articles since 2000.