The opening of the Sidwaya Bobo printing press and World Press Freedom Day are the subjects on the menu of the daily newspapers this Wednesday.
“In Burkina Faso, the press no longer has good press” headlines the private daily published in Bobo, L’Express du Faso.
The newspaper says that the year 2023 marks the thirtieth anniversary of World Press Freedom Day.
Three decades in which there has been progress, but also lows. The proliferation of free media in many countries and the rise of new technologies have made it possible to streamline the transmission of information.
L’Observateur Paalga headlines its World Press Freedom Day: “30 signatures for a common ‘editorial'”.
The newspaper informs that every May 3 is celebrated the world day of press freedom.
He adds that on the occasion of this celebration, professional media organizations and press organs that have signed this declaration are drawing the attention of the Malian and Burkinabè authorities to the violations of this freedom.
On this same subject Le Pays displays on its headline, taking up the words of the politician Roland Goungounga, “Freedom of the press in Burkina Faso is violated”.
The newspaper says this design seems to want an accompanying press exclusively.
Even in times of peace, military powers are rarely friends and defenders of the press.
Another subject, the public daily Sidwaya mentions on its front page “Edition Sidwaya: the printing press of Bobo-Dioulasso now functional”
Editions Sidwaya organizes, from May 2 to 4, 2023 in Bobo-Dioulasso, the Open Days (JPO) of its Western Regional Directorate (DRO).
The official ceremony marked the effective start of the Sidwaya printing press in the city of Sya.
He adds that it is with the aim of encouraging people to take an interest in his press articles that the Western regional management is organizing these open days from May 02 to 04, 2023.
He adds that this is an opportunity for the public media to recall the importance of information and communication in society in general and in particular in the socio-economic development of a country.
Source: Burkina Information Agency