CAMEROON, Yaoundé : Police makes a security cordon around Cameroonian journalists on May 3, 2010 in Yaounde. Police in Cameroon forcefully stopped several hundred journalists from staging a demonstration on world press freedom day to call attention to the recent death of an editor held in detention. The banner reads ‘We are all Biby Ngota’. AFP PHOTO / STR Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Angola. (practical support to journalists who face prosecution) The training was attended by: ß A consultant from Southern African region Derek Luyt, Head - Media and Advocacy, Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) Centre for Social Accountability, Rhodes University ß Ms. Malou Mangahas, Executive Director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (South-East Asia) • 20 Senior Journalists from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. • Representatives from MISA Regional Secretariat • Representatives from UNDP MISA undertook trips to trouble spots in the region such as Tanzania and Swaziland. In Tanzania, MISA secured resources to provide assist Mwanahalisi Newspaper to launch a lawsuit against the Tanzania government in an attempt to seek nullification of provision 25(1) (2) of The Newspaper Act. The Act was earlier used by the Minister of Information, Culture and Sports to ban publication of Mwanahalisi Newspaper from 13 October 2008 to 12 January 2009 for publishing stories allegedly aimed to incite public hatred against the President and provoking disorder within the President’s family. Both UNDP and MISA believe that training journalists in investigative journalism with a particular focus on the social, political and economic circumstances under which they work would significantly contribute to mobilizing public participation in the fight against corruption. Furthermore the petitioner (Mwanahalisi Newspaper) is seeking a declaration that the said provisions under the Act are not saved by the provision of Article 30(2) of the constitution. SADC Journalists Under Fire Campaign MISA fought aggressively for the repeal of repressive laws in Swaziland and to expose injustices committed against journalists 39