President Robert Mugabe keeps a tight
rein on the media in Zimbabwe.
Photograph: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/APMany news organisations find it tough to accurately report from Zimbabwe because they have been banned, like the BBC, or their reporters have been deported, like the Guardian's Andrew Meldrum, by Robert Mugabe's regime.
Such attempts by the octogenarian president have little effect on the international media's appetite or tenacity for covering events in the increasingly chaotic country.
However, they do mean that readers and viewers may have to go elsewhere for eyewitness accounts.
Among those reporting from closer to the action on yesterday's protests and subsequent police violence is Sokwanele, which has become an established and respected voice.
Outpost of Tyranny says people power "overwhelmed" the police yesterday. Kubatana regrets that the Save Zimbabwe Campaign appears not to be very organised in combating the pro-government media machine which portrays the movement as thuggery.
Global Voices Online details worker unrest and strikes that have also been taking place in recent weeks.
Eddie Cross, whose ancestors moved to Zimbabwe from Belfast, also provides some fascinating insights to current events, particularly the everyday workings of the economy.
