Morocco: Brazzaville - News Agencies Have Central Role in Regaining Information Sovereignty (Faapa Chairman)

Brazzaville — News agencies have a central role to play in regaining information sovereignty. The speed of information has accelerated due to the development of technological means, said, Tuesday in Brazzaville, chairman of the Atlantic Federation of African News Agencies (FAAPA), director general of the Moroccan News Agency (MAP), Khalil Hachimi Idrissi.

Information has become a highly available and very scarce commodity at the same time, as every second or third time the information is false, Hachimi Idrissi stressed at a conference on "News Agencies and Multisectoral Development of States", held on the occasion of the 6th meeting of FAAPA's Executive Council.

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