Le Soleil (Senegal)
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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.{{Cite book |last=Baggott Carter |first=Erin |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781009271226/type/book |title=Propaganda in Autocracies: Institutions, Information, and the Politics of Belief |last2=Carter |first2=Brett L. |date=2023 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-009-27122-6 |pages=85–86 |doi=10.1017/9781009271226}} Since Senegal's transition to a democracy in 2000, the state has remained the main shareholder.
History
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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External links
- [http://www.lesoleil.sn Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:Newspapers published in Senegal
Category:Newspapers established in 1970
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