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Only 35 percent believe there is media freedom in Zimbabwe

Only 35 percent of the people in Zimbabwe believe that there is media freedom in the country according to a worldwide survey conducted Gallup.

The survey covered 112 countries. Netherlands scored the highest percentage of people that believed there was media freedom in the country scoring 95 percent while Chad scored the lowest at 27 percent.

The United States did not make it to the top 10.

The bottom 10 were:

Ecuador                                             38 %

Moldova                                            38 %

Kyrgyzstan                                        36 %

Zimbabwe                                          35 %

Palestinian Territories                         34 %

Mauritania                                         32%

Belarus                                              30 %

Armenia                                            29 %

Chad                                                  27 %

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The top 10 were:

Netherlands                                    95 %

Denmark                                                            95 %

Australia                                        95 %

Sweden                                          94 %

Finland                                          94 %

Germany                                       93 %

United Kingdom                            93 %

Ireland                                          92 %

New Zealand                                  91 %

Canada                                          90 %.

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Charles Rukuni

The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

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