Contributions from the Column Facts and trends “It’s still a long way to peace in Sudan” Journalists No new approval procedures for export credit guarantees in Germany Drugs and development: harm reduction strategies Smaller volume of German arms exports Kenya, Angola: billions missing Afghan economy growing – so is the drug trade Health services 2/2004   42 journalists worldwide were killed last year on the job. That is the highest number since 1995, according to watchdog Reporters Without Borders. In Iraq alone, 14 cameramen and reporters lost their lives, five of them as a result of US-American fire. For instance, the photographer Mazen Dana was shot dead by an US-soldier who said he had mistaken Dana’s camera for a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. War reporters were not the only high-risk group, however. Journalists investigating corruption and organised crime were also prime targets. Seven journalists involved in such research were killed in the Philippines, another four died in Colombia. As in 2002, the largest number of physical assaults on journalists was registered in Bangladesh. (ell)