English translation. Niger Information and Communications Technology Assessment, Yaovi Atohoun, Eileen Reynolds, Karl Stanzick, United States Education for Development and Democracy Initiative, 3 May 2001.
Aker, Center for Global Development, Tufts University, 1 October 2008. Le paysage médiatique nigérien (The Nigerian media landscape) , Djilali Benamrane, Afrik.com, 6 March 2002.
Aker, Center for Global Development, Tufts University, 1 October 2008. Le paysage médiatique nigérien (The Nigerian media landscape) , Djilali Benamrane, Afrik.com, 6 March 2002.
The government maintains a 200 million CFA (~$400,000 USD) press support fund, established by law and available to all media, to encourage support for education, information, entertainment, and promoting democracy. Press freedom "improved considerably" after Mamadou Tandja was ousted as president in 2010.
With the passage of the 2010 law protecting journalists from prosecution related to their work and President Issoufou's November 2011 endorsement of the Declaration of Table Mountain statement on press freedom in Africa (the first head of state to sign the statement), the country continues its efforts to improve press freedom.
With the passage of the 2010 law protecting journalists from prosecution related to their work and President Issoufou's November 2011 endorsement of the Declaration of Table Mountain statement on press freedom in Africa (the first head of state to sign the statement), the country continues its efforts to improve press freedom.
As a point of reference, the Millennium Development Goal for least developed countries by 2015 is 8.2 Internet users per 100 population. ===Internet censorship and surveillance=== There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or reports that the government monitors e-mail or Internet chat rooms.
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