Zimbabwe: Daily News Ruling Welcomed

THE opposition Movement for Democratic Change and Zimbabwe's National Editors' Forum (Zinef) have welcomed the ruling by the Administrative Court that compels the Media and Information Commission to register The Daily News and its sister paper, The Daily News on Sunday.

The MDC's statement, which was made before police swooped on the two newspapers' offices in central Harare and arrested 18 staffers, said the Administrative Court ruling was a victory for democracy.

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