Le Soleil is a state-run daily newspaper published in Dakar, Senegal and founded in 1970. It was founded as a state-run newspaper by Senegal president Léopold Sédar Senghor at a time when press freedoms were tightly circumscribed.[1] Since Senegal's transition to a democracy in 2000, the state has remained the main shareholder.[1]
History edit
In 1933, French press publisher Charles de Breteuil founded the Paris-Dakar as a weekly newspaper. The Paris-Dakar would in 1936 become the first daily newspaper in subsaharan Africa. Following the independence of Senegal, the paper changed its name in 1961 and became the Dakar-Matin. On 20 May 1970, it finally became Le Soleil.
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References edit
- ^ a b Baggott Carter, Erin; Carter, Brett L. (2023). Propaganda in Autocracies: Institutions, Information, and the Politics of Belief. Cambridge University Press. pp. 85–86. doi:10.1017/9781009271226. ISBN 978-1-009-27122-6.
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- Official website (in French)
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