Alliance of Mediterranean News Agencies Meeting Kicks off in Algiers.
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Algiers, 9 October 2019(Lana) The 28th meeting of the Alliance of
Mediterranean News Agencies 'AMAN' kicked off in the Algerian capital
on Tuesday, with participation of 16 members and absence of the
Libyan News Agency.
Algerian Communications Minister Hasan Rabhi said in the opening
speech transformation of news agencies from traditional news organs
to universal media outlets was imposed by modern media and
communication technologies and the information flow created by SMS
services, and even so with the spread of disinformation and
manipulation of information.
He said the role that news agencies should undertake nowadays is
to unveil the disinformation and manipulation in the media and convey
the truth to the reception party.
AMAN is consisted of news agencies of Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,
Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Italy, Spain,
Portugal, Greece, Albania, Serbia, Croatia and Turkey.
The absence of the Libyan News Agency from AMAN is because of
failure to pay its subscription fee for multiple years, not only to
AMAN, but also other unions of which Lana is a member, including the
Federation of Arab News Agencies FANA, the Arab Maghreb News agencies
Union, and the Islamic Conference News Agencies Union, despite
correspondence to the Presidency Council and other relevant bodies to
pay off the obligations.
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