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Al-Watwan
''Al-Watwan'' ( ar, الوطن) is a Comorian daily newspaper published in French language, French and Arabic language, Arabic, headquartered in Moroni, Comoros.Official weal-Watwan/ref> References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Media In The Comoros
As recently as the early 1980s, the Comoros had no national media. State-run Radio Comoros, transmitting from Grande Comore, Grand Comore, was not strong enough to send clear signals to the republic's other two islands. In 1984 France agreed to provide Radio Comoros with funding for an FM (frequency modulation) transmitter strong enough to broadcast to all three islands, and in 1985 made a commitment to fund a national newspaper after a United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) study revealed that the Comoros was the only UN member lacking print and electronic media. A state-owned newspaper, Al-Watwan, began operations in July 1985, first as a monthly and soon afterward as a weekly. There are now a number of publications, either daily, such as La Gazette des Comores, or weekly, such as L'Archipel, an independent weekly which began publishing in 1988 and now appears intermittently. Al Balad, a daily published by CGH, is now defunct. A news agency, Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |