Media in Mozambique

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Mozambican journalists interview the Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman (2012)

Media freedom in Mozambique is enshrined in the country's constitution. In reality, however, defamation legislation prevents real freedom of expression and the opposition complains about restrictions on access to state media . An independent body, the Conselho Superior da Comunicação Social (Supreme Council for Mass Media), is responsible for safeguarding the freedom of the press and the public's right to information.

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Headquarters of the state television broadcaster Televisão de Moçambique in Maputo

The most popular mass medium in the urban centers of Mozambique is television , with the state Televisão de Moçambique (TVM) as the most important broadcaster, followed by the private Soico TV (STV). Due to the common Portuguese (traffic) language, the Africa service RTP Africa of the Portuguese state television Rádio e Televisão de Portugal and TV Miramar ( Brazilian owned) is seen a lot.

radio

Headquarters of Rádio Moçambique in Maputo (in the Rádio Moçambique building )

Radio is the most widespread medium in Mozambique. In addition to the state broadcasters, which belong to the broadcasting group of Rádio Moçambique , there are also numerous private broadcasters as well as so-called “community radios” ( Rádio Comunitária ), which play a major role, especially for the rural population of Mozambique. This is particularly due to the fact that a good 44 percent of the Mozambican population are not literate and only 40 percent of the population understand the Portuguese language. There is an extensive radio program in more than 20 different languages.

The main radio stations:

Various foreign radio stations also broadcast in Mozambique, some with special programs for the country:

Press

Due to the high percentage of illiterate people , the press is an elite medium with a reach of two to five percent of the population. Up until 2006, the print media had a kind of trendsetter function ( leading medium ).

Daily newspaper:

  • Notícias , the most important daily newspaper founded in 1926, holds shares in the government
  • Diário de Moçambique - private, founded December 24, 1950, is published in Beira
  • Mediafax (first daily newspaper that was distributed by fax , also today distribution mainly by fax)
  • Correio da Manhã (distribution mainly by fax)
  • O País - private daily newspaper
  • Vertical

Weekly magazine / weekly newspaper:

Internet

In 2014, around 1,460,000 Mozambicans, around five percent of the total population, used the Internet.

News agencies

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