2.5 Audio-visual community media benefit from a special promotion considering their potential to provide access to poor and rural populations. The legislation on radio types may be clear. However, in practice many radios are declared as community radios but function commercially and vice versa. The specifications of radios are theoretically very restrictive, but in practice special conditions are offered to radios. While the annual flat contribution set at 100 000 F CFA is not paid by radios who continue to benefit, if they comply with the conditions of eligibility. Individual marks: 5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5 Average: 4.6 2.6 Editorial independence of the written press published by a public authority is sufficiently protected against excessive political infiltration. Analysis: Formally, the public service press is independent and, in practice, editorial conferences take place beyond any excessive influence. It has to be recognized that journalists often impose on themselves professional pressure vis-à-vis the employer and vis-à-vis the state, leading to self-censorship. Individual marks: 5-4-4-4-5-4-5-5-5-4 Average: 4.5 34