Malawi: Dismissed Journalist Raises Concern Over 'Espionage' Within Media Fraternity

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A journalist working for a private newspaper, The Eye Witness, claims he has been fired for allegedly expressing his views about his employers on a Media Institute of Southern Africa Malawi Chapter (MISA-Malawi) moderated e-mail forum and designed exclusively for Malawian journalists.

The journalist, Watipaso Mzungu, believes that there is a mole amongst his colleagues on the e-mail forum. The allegation has added weight to alleged reports of espionage within the media fraternity in Malawi.

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