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: 1.5 (2012 = 1.4, 2009 = 3.2) 2.4 Transparency of ownership of media houses in print/broadcasting is guaranteed by law and enforced. Transparency is guaranteed in newspaper ownership in Côte d’Ivoire, though the panel noted the existence of a “masked transparency”. Thus, pseudonyms continue to exist in media ownership. The newspaper Nord-Sud is said to have had Guillaume Soro, the chairman of the national assembly backing it as owner. A good portion of the capital of the newspaper le Temps is said to be held by the lady Nady Bamba, a close friend to former president Laurent Gbagbo. As for the newspaper, Notre Voie, the panel is of the opinion that the majority of shareholders belong to leading figures of the Ivoirian National Front (FPI). 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: 3.5 (2012 = n/a, 2009 = n/a) AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER Côte d’Ivoire 2016 85