Journalism and freedom

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201Mauritania / North Africa / Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz / Freedom of the press / Media development / Ibrahima Moctar Sarr / Independent media / Online journalism / Media of Mauritania / Journalism / Development / Observation

A notable change in the landscape of the Mauritanian media is the growing use of the Internet and blogging—there is even a Union of Mauritanian Bloggers. These activities have attracted the attention of the authorities

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Language: English - Date: 2011-03-16 03:28:29
202Observation / Gabon / Republics / Media development / Independent media / Freedom of the press / State media / Committee to Protect Journalists / Omar Bongo / Journalism / Politics / Political geography

Although new media has been slow to take off in Gabon, the election season brought small steps forward—including the emergence of SMS messaging, blogs, YouTube, and Twitter among candidates and a handful of journalists

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Language: English - Date: 2011-03-16 02:55:56
203Aid / International development / Media development / Sustainability / Journalism / Independent media / Mauritania / Earth / Media of Mauritania / Freedom of the press / International relations / Political geography

On August 3, 2005, a bloodless coup put an end to Taya’s illegitimate regime. It opened a new age of democratization and marked the return to real political life, characterized by the separation of powers. During the t

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Language: English - Date: 2010-08-10 01:36:50
204Development / International relations / Political geography / Norbert Zongo / Media development / Independent media / State media / Freedom of the press / Media of Burkina Faso / Journalism / Burkina Faso / Economic Community of West African States

Radio continues to be the dominant medium, but it is beginning to embrace the use of the Internet in its operations, and growing citizen awareness of new media tools is awakening public interest in the news. Burkina Faso

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Language: English - Date: 2011-01-07 14:38:22
205Information society / Journalism / International nongovernmental organizations / Censorship / Freedom of the press / Freedom of speech / World Press Freedom Committee / Reporters Without Borders / Internet censorship / Human rights / Freedom of expression / Activism

New media:the press freedom dimension, challenges and opportunities of new media for press freedom; 2007

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Language: English - Date: 2010-06-16 10:46:43
206News media / Mauritania / North Africa / Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz / Media development / Freedom of the press / Independent media / Reporters Without Borders / State media / Politics / Journalism / Observation

Additionally, the daily newspapers (le Quotidien de Nouakchott, Nouakchott Info) launched a paying subscriber service in French and Arabic to receive information and news alerts on multimedia telephones. SMS news alerts

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Language: English - Date: 2012-03-16 19:17:53
207Economic Community of West African States / French West Africa / Republics / International relations / Political geography / Media development / Norbert Zongo / Independent media / Freedom of the press / Journalism / Development / Burkina Faso

The proposed reforms still need some revisions, media professionals acknowledge, but if they are improved and adopted, the MSI panelists believe the bill will significantly advance the media in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso

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Language: English - Date: 2013-04-15 14:37:57
208Observation / Aid / International development / Media development / Sustainability / Independent media / Madagascar / Anosy / Free Press / Freedom of the press / Africa / Journalism

The overall score confirms the precarious situation of the media sector in Madagascar and reflects the difficulties that journalists face in fulfilling their mission to transparently provide reliable and diversified info

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Language: English - Date: 2013-05-28 15:37:39
209International development / Media development / Sustainability / Independent media / Journalism / Political geography / Chad / International relations / Free Press / Freedom of the press / Development / Aid

In addition to dealing with harassment and legal pressure, the independent media are feeling the strain of the difficult economic environment. Human rights and religious organizations sponsor many private radio outlets.

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Language: English - Date: 2011-03-10 16:41:03
210Freedom of the press / Development / Accountability / Constitutional law / Independent media / Djibouti / Media development / State media / Concentration of media ownership / Journalism / Mass media / Observation

The years 2011 and 2012 proved to be the beginning of a disturbing trend of increased legal and extra-legal repression of opposition reporters and activists, with correspondents of the European-based opposition radio sta

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Language: English - Date: 2013-05-16 15:03:53
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