Côte d’Ivoire - Media monitoring resumes as second-round campaign gets under way

Reporters without borders

When the campaign for the second round of Côte d'Ivoire's presidegntial election officially gets under way tomorrow, Reporters Without Borders will begin the second phase of its monitoring of the state and privately-owned media's campaign coverage as part of a European Union project for the “Protection of media pluralism at election time.” The first phase of the monitoring began on 15 October and ran until two days before the first round. The second phase will finish on 26 November, two days (...)

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