SECTOR 2 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 3.8 (2008=2.6; 2011=2.8) 2.2 Citizens’ access to domestic and international media sources is not restricted by state authorities. There are no rules that restrict citizens from consuming news and information from media sources of their choice, whether national or international. Several international broadcasters like RFI and BBC have transmitters in Cameroon, while cable television has made signals from all over the world, including Asia and the Middle East, widely available. International publications such as the New York Times, Le Monde, Time, Newsweek, The Economist and Jeune Afrique Economie are also available on newsstands across the country. Although there have been allegations of ‘frequency jamming’ on radio or television, especially when sensitive issues are being discussed, there is no evidence of a deliberate attempt to technically disrupt broadcasting. In fact, what are technical failures or power outages are often mistaken as cases of frequency jamming. Nonetheless, authorities try to use other means to influence media content. Oftentimes, journalists of the state media are reprimanded for discussing certain issues. Typical examples are ‘Morning Safari’, a radio talk show on CRTV, which receives a lot of live audience contributions in the form of telephone calls. This is equally the case with the weekly French language TV news and current affairs programme - ‘Scene de Presse’. In some instances, management of the state broadcaster even go as far as suspending the programme. According to a panellist, ‘CRTV Press Club’ - a debate programme on CRTV Buea - was recently suspended after a panel of journalists “discussed the alleged implication of administrative officials in land grabbing in the South West Region”, one of the ten administrative units of Cameroon. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER CAMEROON 2014 97