Al-Jazeera sets up bureau in Zimbabwe

Al-Jazeera International has become the first international TV news channel in more than three years to be allowed to set up a permanent base in Zimbabwe after President Robert Mugabe's government chased away almost all western television and radio broadcasters, such as the BBC. The two-man bureau in Harare is staffed by Cyrus Nhara, a cameraman and producer who has worked for Reuters TV in Zimbabwe, and Farai Sevenzo, a news reporter who has filed reports to Channel 4. The launch of an English-language version of Al-Jazeera has been delayed. Its problems in the States are fully explored in this excellent article. (Via AKI News)