Mauritanian opposition groups marked international press freedom day with a sit-down protest outside the state television’s headquarters, urging the junta to open up the airwaves. The protestors denounced the military rulers’ vice-like control of the broadcaster in a country where there are no private stations, saying it had been turned into “a propaganda tool” since Mauritania’s first democratically elected president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted in August last year.
“The television is not the property of the putschists! Open up access to the opposition!” said the protesters from the National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD), a coalition of anti-coup parties. The protestors included several lawmakers.
(Source: AFP)
on May 4th, 2009 at 11:29
Although Radio Mauritania no longer has a website (apparently), their audio stream can be accessed via the Arabic page of the Mauritanian Information Agency website here: http://www.ami.mr