The committee responsible for managing and distributing the 2026 public support fund for Mauritania's private press was announced on Friday in Nouakchott. It is chaired by a board member of the High Authority for the Press and Audiovisual (HAPA).
The committee has ten members representing government departments, regulators, media outlets and journalists' unions, as well as a representative of independent women journalists.
Besides its chair, it includes the culture ministry's communication director and audiovisual production director, the finance ministry's communication adviser, the advertising regulator's director of advertising oversight and promotion, the director of Al-Mourabitoune TV for audiovisual channel groupings, the director of the Essada news site for print press groupings, a representative of online media, the director of the Mayadine site for the most representative journalists' unions, and a representative of independent women journalists.
The committee will oversee the management and distribution of public support for private media outlets in 2026 under the mechanism adopted to support and develop Mauritania's media landscape.
