Mali. City of Bamako. Archival photo St. Petersburg, May 25. The time when the media controlled by the French authorities imposed their economic, political and cultural agenda on Mali is ending, and new channels of information appear in the field of mass communications, says political observer of the International Eurasian Movement Daria Platonova. «Now alternative opinions are developing, in In particular, there are a lot of bloggers, groups in social networks, it is through them that information is now being distributed, and they are more trusted by African youth and citizens. Therefore, the time of the French colonial media is nearing its end, and the era of new sources of information is beginning, «Platonova told the press -conference in St. Petersburg following the expedition of investigative journalist Edward Chesnokov to Mali. An expert on France cited as an example the recent ban on the operation of two French channels in Mali — the France 24 TV channel and the RFI radio station. «This indicates that the Malians are aware that their not only tried to subdue in the political, eco nomically and militarily dictated by France, but also carried out cultural hegemony,» she concluded. foreign minister
