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| Mauritania approves private TV stations |
| 2013-03-14 |
| [MAGHAREBIA] Mauritania on Tuesday (March 12th) approved three new private television stations. The High Authority for Press and Broadcasting (HAPA) granted licences to channels "DAVA SA", "Chinguetti TV" and "Al Mourabitoune Television". The move is part of the Mauritania media liberalisation strategy. In related media news, Mauritanian TV, radio and online reporters recently attended a training course on media safety and journalists' working conditions during conflict and war. "The course helped Mauritanian journalists acquire security awareness and develop a sense of the dangers that they may face, especially as our region is witnessing special security conditions," Mauritanian Journalists' Syndicate (SJM) chief Houssein Ould Medou said February 25th at the conclusion of the three-day event in Nouakchott. "Before my participation in this course, I found out how adventurous I had been with my own life during my coverage of events in Libya," TV reporter Mohamed Lamin Ould Abdou told Magharebia. "This is because I didn't abide by the necessary safety procedures." Baba Ould Maham, a photographer for Sahara Media, has covered wars in Mali, Libya, and elsewhere. He said the course would help him be prepared to face dangerous situations in the future. "Without any knowledge about first aid, it would be difficult to rescue yourself, your colleague, driver or anyone on your team. This course has taught us all of these skills," he said. The SJM and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) organised the training programme. |
| Posted by:Fred |