Ivory Coast: Ivorian media fuel anti-French hostility, says Reporters Without Borders

Reporters Without Borders has deploreed the fact that a climate of hostility towards the French news media is being encouraged by Côte d’Ivoire’s state-owned radio and TV stations and certain privately-owned newspapers in Abidjan that support President Laurent Gbagbo, such as Le Temps and Notre Voie. 'Our priority is respect for the safety of journalists,' Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard said. 'We are very disturbed that the national radio and TV have named foreign media and some of their staff and have blamed them for the current turmoil. This is dishonest and dangerous.'