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In statements to MAP, these media professionals stressed the need to use information in order to promote Africa’s potential in the world and to ward off any kind of media interference that seeks to harm the image of the Continent.
On this occasion, the director general of the Guinean Press Agency (AGP), François Mara, indicated that African press agencies are called to join hands in order to carry the voice of Africa, in the to the extent that information remains a capital element which reflects the national sovereignty of each State and contributes to defending African causes in terms of development and prosperity.
To this end, he expressed his rejection of attempts by certain foreign media to truncate or transform African information, inviting all stakeholders to promote support for public media and adequate and ongoing training for young people, the objective being to federate all African states and achieve informational sovereignty.
For his part, the director general of the Togolese Press Agency (ATOP), Eyebiyi Kokouvi Adéyêmi, noted that African unity and prosperity are dependent on media independence which would eventually make it possible to expose the potential of the Continent, noting the need to counter information hegemony in order to be able to create information devoid of any foreign influence.
For his part, the director of the Cameroonian Information Agency, Xavier Messé, said that the State which does not manage its information is far from being sovereign, adding that when national information is analyzed, dissected and commented on by the country, the latter is in a good position to improve its visibility and assert its interests.
The information director of the Niger Press Agency (ANP), Chegou Abdourahamane, explained that mastery of information is an essential factor in promoting the identity of African countries. and the unification of the continent, noting that information sovereignty contributes to the fight against false information aimed at distorting the image of Africa.
Placed under the theme “African information: a major sovereignty issue”, the 7th General Assembly of the FAAPA brings together, for two days, the General Directors of African press agencies, media experts and eminent personalities from the African Atlantic region to explore ways to strengthen African sovereignty, through information and dynamic initiatives along the Atlantic coast.
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