Africa ranks as one of the more dangerous places to practice journalism, with estimates of at least 23 reporters imprisoned across the continent so far this year. CNN World Report gives the world's broadcasters a global forum from which to report the news 'as they see it' to the rest of the world. Uganda is one country where local journalists say free reporting is being restricted by the government. WBS TV was there when a group of some 100 journalists took to the streets of Kampala to voice their displeasure at what they consider repression of a free press. The journalists' demonstration march led them to the Ugandan parliament building, where they called for representatives to repeal laws on sedition and criminal libel.
Reporters say the government misuses the laws to stifle dissenting views.
Alliance acts as EU stepping-stone for Slovenia Membership in the European Union may be a step closer for several Eastern European countries. EU leaders are scheduled to meet with officials from Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia, among other countries, in Helsinki, Finland, to discuss future entry into the European Union. The Central European Initiative. The CEI was founded in 1989 by Austria, Hungary, Italy and Yugoslavia, and has since expanded to include 16 nations. The alliance's aims are several, but primary among them is to help former East-bloc nations upgrade development in a number of areas to Western European levels.