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News Ghana

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News Ghana is an independent digital news platform delivering coverage of national, regional, and continental issues across Africa. Founded in 2012 by Roger A. Agana and owned by M’ideas Group, the site publishes around the clock, specializing in business, politics, governance, economics, energy, infrastructure, education, health, transportation, and sports with a focus on developmental reporting and African investment opportunities. News Ghana serves readers in Ghana and the diaspora, providing analysis and feature content aimed at driving national dialogue and regional development. The platform positions itself as committed to advancing democratic governance, public accountability, and inclusive development through investigative reporting.

La República

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La República is a Uruguayan newspaper first published May 3, 1988, and distributed nationwide. Founded by Federico Fasano Mertens, the independent daily provides thoughtful analysis and coverage of social, political topics across Uruguay. Fasano Mertens and his brother Carlos Fasano Mertens (the newspaper’s editor) were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in May 1996 for publishing articles about alleged corruption by Paraguay’s president, prompting Amnesty International to designate both as prisoners of conscience for “peacefully exercising their right to freedom of expression.” The newspaper reports a digital subscription base of 120,000 users with 25 percent residing outside Uruguay, and operates with an international network of collaborators reporting from Argentina, Chile, Spain, Mexico, Australia, Italy, and the United States. La República has maintained a cooperative relationship with Chinese state media since at least 2023, with publisher Juan Blanco describing in a September 2023 People’s Daily interview how China “chose our media outlet” for a special publication on China-Uruguay diplomatic relations, sent a La República journalist for training in Beijing, and provided access to the Belt and Road News Network — a BRI news service operated by the People’s Daily and hosted on its name servers — for “first-hand information from a truthful, reliable source.” Blanco emphasized that cooperation should not be hindered by ideological differences, stating media relationships form “the first encounter” of China-Uruguay information exchange. Blanco participated in the February 2026 Belt and Road Media Cooperation Forum journalist delegation.

Página 12

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Página 12 is an Argentine newspaper published in Buenos Aires, founded on May 25, 1987, by journalists Jorge Lanata and Ernesto Tiffenberg. The newspaper established itself as a progressive, left-leaning alternative publication known for investigative journalism and critical analysis of political and social issues. Since 2016, Página 12 has been owned by Grupo Octubre, a multimedia company created by Víctor Santa María, Secretary General of the building workers union SUTERH and former president of the Partido Justicialista in Buenos Aires. The newspaper is described as Argentina’s fourth most visited news portal and maintains a readership primarily composed of individuals aged 18-52 from medium and upper-middle socioeconomic groups. Página 12 has distinguished itself through revelations of various scandals while maintaining a critical stance against corruption, resulting in multiple journalism awards. In 2018, the Polish League Against Defamation sued Página 12 using Poland’s controversial Holocaust law over an article about the Jedwabne massacre. Javier Lewkowicz, a journalist and economist from the University of Buenos Aires who has worked at Página 12 since 2009, serves as economics editor and participated in the February 2026 Belt and Road Media Cooperation Forum journalist delegation.

Maekyung Media Group

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Maekyung Media Group (매경미디어그룹) is a South Korean media conglomerate founded on March 24, 1966. The same year, it launched its flagship publication, Maeil Business Newspaper. Today, the group’s publications include Maekyung Economy, a weekly business magazine that debuted in 1979, Maeil Business TV for live financial market coverage, and Maekyung.com as its primary business news portal. Pulse, an English-language news website by the group, targets international audiences. In 2010, the group transformed its 24-hour news channel into a general programming cable TV channel, adding entertainment and drama content to the mix. Most recently, the group launched Maekyung AX, an AI-based knowledge platform that combines the group’s content with artificial intelligence technology. The Maekyung Media Group has previously engaged with Chinese media and technology companies, including hosting the China Greater Bay Forum in Shenzhen in 2019.

Cambodia-China Times

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The Cambodia China Times (柬中時報) was launched as an online-only digital venture by Phlong Vichet after leaving the Commercial News. Vichet, who had worked at Chinese-language newspapers in Cambodia for over a decade, soft-launched the platform in January 2018 to serve the growing Chinese investor and tourist community. The publication received its news website operating license from Cambodia’s Ministry of Information on February 8, 2018, making it the first new media outlet established by Cambodian Chinese. The platform launched mobile applications for Android and iOS in July 2018, and in 2020 expanded to include a Khmer-language section.

Media Center “Mutavari”

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Media Center “Mutavari” is a Georgian media organization founded and led by Catherine Gulua, who serves as general manager and editor-in-chief. Gulua is a veteran journalist with approximately 20 years of experience in news reporting, investigative journalism, and media training. She graduated from Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University with degrees in history and arts/humanities. Gulua has participated in numerous international programs, including U.S. State Department initiatives on trafficking in persons, NATO information programs, and training with Reuters Foundation and the International Center for Journalists in Washington, D.C. She has also completed programs on government monitoring, reproductive health reporting, and anti-corruption journalism through organizations including the Polish-Czech-Slovak Solidarity Foundation and Population Reference Bureau. Gulua has made multiple documented visits to China since 2023 as part of government-sponsored journalist tours.

United News of Bangladesh

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United News of Bangladesh (UNB) is Bangladesh’s first fully digitalized private wire service, founded in 1988 as one of the first news agencies in South Asia. The organization claims to maintain correspondent networks across all 64 districts of Bangladesh and says it serves “over 20 million readers” locally and internationally through its principal partnership with Associated Press (AP), the world’s largest wire service. Originally serving print media subscribers, UNB has adapted to digital transformation by launching its interactive website unb.com.bd, which aggregates both domestic news from its extensive Bangladesh network and international content through its AP partnership. The agency describes itself as Bangladesh’s “most dependable and credible source of news and information,” evolving from traditional print distribution to embrace mobile and internet platforms as electronic media revolutionizes news creation and distribution in an increasingly paperless media environment.

Africa Media Holdings

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Africa Media Holdings is a Lesotho-based publishing company founded in 2008 by Zimbabwean journalist Basildon Peta, who serves as CEO. The company publishes the Lesotho Times, a weekly launched 2008, and Sunday Express, launched in 2009 — both operating under the masthead “News without fear or favor” and distributed in Lesotho and to Basotho audiences in South Africa. Peta, born circa 1972, is a veteran investigative journalist who fled Zimbabwe in 2002 after detention and persecution by the Robert Mugabe regime for reporting on corruption; he was the second journalist to receive the Media Institute of Southern Africa’s Press Freedom Award. African Media Holdings has faced sustained government pressure in Lesotho, including the 2016 shooting of editor Lloyd Mutungamiri and criminal defamation charges against Peta, which resulted in a landmark 2018 Constitutional Court ruling declaring criminal defamation unconstitutional. The company also operated the Free State Times and has faced financial difficulties, including a 2015 legal judgment requiring Peta to personally pay 125,000 US dollars under guarantee for debts owed to the Media Development Investment Fund, a New York-based NGO that provides financial assistance to independent media organizations. Peta participated in the February 2026 Belt and Road Media Cooperation Forum journalist delegation touring Chinese industrial sites.

Le Quotidien

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Le Quotidien is a major independent Senegalese daily newspaper founded in February 2003 by Madiambal Diagne, a lawyer and former journalist from Wal Fadjri. Published by Avenir Communication SA, the newspaper maintains its independence by deriving approximately 60% of revenue from sales rather than advertising, allowing it to maintain what Diagne describes as editorial content that “tells things as they are.” Operating from Dakar, Le Quotidien has established itself as “among Senegal’s leading newspapers, and probably the most circulated independent newspaper” through its critical reporting on political, economic, social, and cultural issues. The publication gained international attention when Diagne was imprisoned for over two weeks in July 2004 for articles alleging government corruption, though charges were later dropped following domestic and international pressure.