Africans support media's watchdog role, but views on press freedom vary

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Most Africans support a free press and believe media should hold governments accountable, though perceptions of media freedom are mixed. A new Afrobarometer report shows 72% of Africans favor media's watchdog role, and 65% support press freedom, but substantial minorities in some countries prefer government control. Citizen assessments of media freedom are divided, with a slight majority seeing it as protected, a perception that has marginally declined recently.


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