25-487: (Redirected from Indépendant ) L'Indépendant may refer to: L'Indépendant (Luxembourg) , Luxembourgish newspaper L'Indépendant (Mali) , Malian newspaper; see Media of Mali L'Indépendant (Pyrénées-Orientales) , French newspaper from the Pyrénées-Orientales department See also [ edit ] Independent (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
50-463: A broad range of views, including those critical of the government, is permitted. In Mali , Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are guaranteed by the constitution and generally observed by the government. The Superior Council of Communication regulates the media. URTEL is the agency responsible for regulating television and radio transmission operations in Mali. Newspapers must register with
75-628: A certain critical mass (access to a large number of computers, a regular customer base) and that offer complementary activities like training or equipment sales. Many students have at least an email address and can benefit from access to relatively accessible prices for Internet research. Many businesses have access to the Internet through telephone. The costs of permanent connections to the radio broadcasting network remain high, but have tended to progressively diminish (100,000 Fcfa per month for an organisation, 30,000 Fcfa per month for an individual). Internet
100-503: A national format radio station and Station 2 created in 1993 and transmitting on FM . Around 150 private radios stations exist, accessible on the FM band . The rural radio network has grown rapidly. Access to information in local languages has a considerable impact for the people in terms of quality of life and the implications for the management of local affairs affecting their communities. More and more radio stations have begun broadcasting on
125-601: A subscription with French-owned CanalSat Horizons. The Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision du Mali (ORTM) operates a national public television channel: ORTM Télévision nationale. Since being introduced in February 2007, this channel can also be received in Europe via satellite W3A of Eutelsat, positioned at 7 degrees east. TV5MONDE , the French channel broadcasting to the countries of la francophonie (French-speaking countries worldwide)
150-507: Is also possible to subscribe to CanalSat Horizons through live satellite reception (RDS, different from MMDS). This way it is possible to watch a large number of channels from Africa as well as Europe, in English and in Arabic. Television stations include: Internet services underwent much testing before being introduced to Mali in 1997. There are five Internet service providers, who operate through
175-605: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Media of Mali The mass media in Mali includes print, radio, television, and the Internet. Radio is the primary means of mass communication in Mali. In practice, widespread poverty, a low literacy rate, and poor distribution outside of Bamako , limit access to television and print media. Mali has more than 125 radio stations as well as one television station. The former government-controlled radio and television broadcasting company
200-752: Is officially autonomous, but it has been accused by the political opposition of having a progovernment bias. Foreign radio programs are widely available through local media, and foreign satellite and cable television programs also are accessible, especially in Bamako. There has been an explosion of print media since 1992 in conjunction with the initiation of multiparty democracy. In 2003 print media included 42 private newspapers and journals (39 in Bamako and one each in Tombouctou , Mopti , and Sikasso ) published in French , Arabic , and various national languages . The expression of
225-678: Is one of the most-listened-to international radio stations in the world, along with Deutsche Welle , the BBC World Service and Voice of America . RFI broadcasts 24 hours per day around the world in French and in 16 other languages in FM, shortwave, medium wave, satellite and on its website. It is a channel of the state company France Médias Monde . The majority of shortwave transmissions are in French and Hausa but also includes some hours of Swahili , Portuguese , Mandinka , and Russian . RFI broadcasts to over 150 countries on 5 continents. Africa
250-545: Is reaching a progressively larger territory. Regional capitols all have Internet access, as well as a number of mid-sized towns along principal roads. The skills needed to publish on the Web are increasingly available, but Internet hosting and support for Websites remains highly variable. Radio France Internationale Radio France Internationale , usually referred to as RFI , is the state-owned international radio news network of France . With 59.5 million listeners in 2022, it
275-672: Is the largest part of radio listeners, representing 60% of the total audience in 2010. In the Paris region , RFI comprises between 150,000 and 200,000 listeners. Its digital platforms attract an average of 24.6 million visits a month (2022 average) while 31.1 million followers stay connected via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and Youtube. In 2020, the audience was of 58.1 million listeners (up to 11.6 million compared to 2019, +25%), breaking down into 29.8 million in French-speaking Africa, 11 million in non-French speaking Africa, 2 million in
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#1732873034429300-489: Is transmitted to satellite and in hertz almost everywhere in Mali. It is relatively accessible with a simple antenna. A new channel was recently introduced in Bamako : "Africable, la chaîne du continent". Two Mali businesses are proposing a selection of channels through MMDS reception, with channel offerings specializing in formats such as sports, children's programming, news, movies, and so on, through monthly subscription. It
325-539: The Elysée Palace . The interview was not censored by Jean-Paul Cluzel , RFI's CEO at the time, due to the coordinated intervention of the journalists' trade unions. However, a report raising questions regarding the French secret services responsibilities in the 1995 death of judge Bernard Borrel in Djibouti , which was broadcast on 17 May 2005, was later removed from RFI's website for undisclosed reasons, possibly due to
350-619: The International Day of Impunity each year. In November 2020, RFI mistakenly published numerous obituaries of famous people on its own web site, as well as sending them to related web sites, after moving draft stories to a new system. The government of Niger suspended two state-owned media outlets, France 24 and the RFI following the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état . RFI offers a daily podcast in simple French named Journal en français facile . There are also several other podcasts including
375-725: The Vichy regime from 1941 to 1944, RTF Radio Paris (1945) and ORTF Radio Paris (1965). In 1986 the French Parliament changed the law to allow RFI to operate independently of Radio France. RFI operates under the auspices and primary budget of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs . It broadcasts primarily in French, but also in English , Swahili , Hausa , Spanish , Portuguese , Romanian , Russian , Persian , Chinese , Vietnamese , Cambodian and as of 2015, Manding . As of 2 April 2020,
400-475: The 'Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision du Mali (ORTM) is the Voice of Mali and the local radio stations are the Voice of Malians. " Radio France internationale (RFI) is especially popular with listeners. Its news programs are broadcast by many local radio stations. BBC and Voice of America are also available in French in partnership with local radio stations. It is also possible to listen to French radio through
425-639: The English service has ceased broadcasting, replaced by a selection of French music. It also owns Monte Carlo Doualiya (formerly Radio Monte Carlo Middle East), which produces Arabic programmes in Paris, and airs them from a transmitter in Cyprus to audiences across the Middle East and North Africa. On 17 September 2002, Togolese President Gnassingbé Eyadéma tried to stop the broadcasting of an interview with one of his opponents, Agbéyomé Kodjo , by phoning directly to
450-507: The Internet. The challenge is the economic return needed to sustain these media centers and the costs of technical maintenance services for radio stations themselves. Through the network of the Union of Free Radio and Television of Mali (URTEL) radios can be connected together to cover major events such as football or track the 1997 legislative elections. Radio stations include: The president of URTEL, Moussa Keïta, recalls that "We like to say that
475-719: The Maghreb region, 1.3 million in Europe, 13 million in the Americas and 1 million in Asia. RFI was created in 1975 as part of Radio France by the Government of France , and replaced the Poste Colonial (created in 1931), Paris-Mondial (1937), Radio Paris (1939), a private station which was commandeered by the Germans during the occupation of France , and the Voice of France which was operated by
500-494: The Malian government announced it would suspend broadcasts by Radio France Internationale and France 24 , accusing them of false reporting of army killings of civilians. Mali has several daily and weekly newspapers. Their circulation is limited due to high illiteracy rates. Mali remains a country of oral tradition. Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision du Mali (ORTM) is the national broadcasting entity. It offers two radio stations,
525-566: The Ministry of Communications, but registration is routine. During election campaigns, the constitutionally mandated Committee of Equal Access to State Media is charged with guaranteeing that all political parties have equal access to government-controlled media. The government does not restrict access to or use of the Internet , but in practice Internet use is very limited because of the cost of computers and licenses to operate servers. In March 2022,
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#1732873034429550-581: The former president of the republic of Mali, Alpha Oumar Konaré , promoted Internet access to all communities in Mali. Mali also presided over preparations for the Sommet de la Société de l'Information. A number of cybercafés , and telecommunications centres (public, community or privately owned) have emerged since 1997 in the capitol Bamako . Many have had to close their doors due to difficulties in management and high fixed costs for network connections. Today, those that are surviving are those that support or develop
575-543: The intermediation of the SOTELMA (société des télécommunications du Mali). The Internet infrastructure remains costly and difficult to maintain. The dominant private telecommunications company is Ikatel (called Orange). Its services include Live Box and 3g plus. Since the beginning of 2011, rival company Malitél was launched to be price competitive. Bamako hosted an international conference "Bamako 2000 : les passerelles du développement" on information technology, during which
600-524: The intervention of Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh . On 21 October 2003, Jean Hélène was reporting for RFI during the civil war in Ivory Coast when he was killed in Abidjan by police sergeant Théodore Séry Dago. On 2 November 2013, RFI reporting team Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon were murdered while covering the Mali elections. The United Nations set their death date to commemorate
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