In Côte d'Ivoire, journalists fear that the new legal framework for electronic communications will hamper investigative work. The bill would prohibit the publication of electronic messages without the consent of the author or recipient.
The penalty incurred is five years' imprisonment and 10 million CFA francs . For the Minister of Digital Transition and Digitization, Ibrahim Kalil Konaté, the objective of the text is to improve the protection of privacy. But independent MP and former journalist Tiémoko Assalé fears “an obstacle to the exercise of the profession of investigative journalist”