The representatives of 24 national associations of journalists from the African continent together with nine international organizations (including UNESCO, UNHCR and UNDRO) took part in a seminar held in Tunis from 7 to 11 February on the theme “Humanity and the media”.

Organized jointly by the ICRC and the Union of African journalists (UAJ) in collaboration with the Association of Tunisian Journalists, this meeting was the second of its kind; the first one took place in Nairobi in 1985 and dealt with the theme “African Journalists and International Humanitarian Law”.