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African media asked to focus on development

Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has said news organisations on the African continent ought to give greater emphasis to development issues that have been overshadowed by negative publicity.

Ms Gurib-Fakim asked media owners and practitioners, attending the seventh Media Leaders Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa to be active in tackling development topics and use their platform to generate local solutions as they nurture citizen engagement.

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