The Ministry of Social Communication announced in a press statement on April 7, 2022 that a 72-hour deadline given by the Minister, Fernando Mendonça for 88 radio station to regularise their broadcast license status, elapsed on April 6, 2022.
According to the government, “of the total of 88 radio stations notified, to date only nine license holders have appeared at the Ministry for the due processes, a situation considered by the Ministry of Social Communication as non-compliance with the guidelines imposed by the State of Guinea-Bissau.”
As a result, the authorities have ordered the closure of the 79 radio stations that failed to comply. The measure affects national, regional and community radio stations.
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