Zimbabwe: Europe, US Media Reports on Zim Discredited

Posted to the web 24 July 2008 Harare A visiting United Nations official yesterday said most negative media reports about Zimbabwe are discredited in the United States and Europe as nationals of those countries continue visiting the country. In an interview with New Ziana, United States based UN expert on Ozone depleting substances and their alternatives, Abid Merchant said few people in the US and Europe believed reports of violence and lawlessness in Zimbabwe that sections of the Western media peddled on a daily basis. "Most of the negative media reports on Zimbabwe are discredited," he said, adding although violence could have occurred during the harmonised elections, he found the situation in the country peaceful and hospitable. Merchant, who was in Zimbabwe from Monday to Wednesday to attend a UNDP-funded stakeholder... [read full story]