Harare, 31 July-(ANA)-A Zimbabwean newspaper banned nearly six years ago has been granted a new licence to operate, the AFP news agency has reported.
The Daily News, a popular newspaper renowned for it willingness to criticise President Robert Mugabe, survived bombings of its premises and arrests of its journalists until authorities finally shut it down in September 2003.
Its publishers, Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe, have repeatedly tried to challenge the ban without success.
But the head of a special government committee set up to look into The Daily News case has now written to the company informing that they can resume publishing.
"This letter serves to advise you that your application for registration as a mass media provider was successful," the letter by Edward Dube, head of the committee said. (ANA)