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The Disparate History of the Independent Press in Mauritania 17 December 2008
images-1_1.jpg"There are some newspapers who try more or less to meet certain minimal professional standards. Though, four out of five of these new publications respect a few, or more frequently none of the journalistic rules. Depending on uncertain information, blackmail, corruption, defamation, and spreading rumours as sources of information, the press is very often written in a mediocre way," says Mauritanian journalist Lemine Ould M. Salem when commenting on the independent press and its challenges in an interview with the African Press Network. More
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Musings on Mauritanian Media 11 August 2008
In the wake of last week's coup in Mauritania, Magda Abu-Fadil, director of the Journalism Training Program at the American University of Beirut (AUB), shares her view on the impact of political vagaries on the press in the North African country where she conducted media workshops. More
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News from the Media Scene
Mauritanian Media Put to the Test 20 April 2007
Protests of Mauritanian Press Owners Lead to Talks 04 January 2008
A Newcomer On Mauritanian Newsstands 20 February 2008
Women in Mauritanian Media 05 March 2008
New Association of Journalists Unions in North Africa 26 March 2008
Press Freedom
Taboos Melt Away, but Problems Persist 15 June 2007