Latévi Ebénézer Lawson/CPJ Guest Blogger
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Togo’s press suffers malaise 50 years after independence
In the year marking the 50th anniversary of Togo’s independence, the Togolese press is suffering from an obvious malaise—a malaise perceived by the informed citizen and not by communications professionals themselves. This malaise transpires in the daily practice of journalism through the lack of professionalism. If elsewhere the media is stifled under the heel of…