Media practitioners review 1990 media law – Propose reforms towards greater press freedom

  By Ikome Christie-NoellaEposi in Buea In a continuation of conversations on certain provisions of Law No. 90/052 of December 19 1990 on freedom of mass communication in Cameroon as well as the implementation of Section 49(1) of Law No. 90/05 of December 19 1990 which guarantees access to public information and records, some 50 journalists, lawyers and media scholars met in Buea on Thursday, March 24, 2022 to review the 1990 media law, its lacunas and propose reforms which could guarantee greater press freedom in Cameroon. Implemented by AFRICAphonie Cameroon and funded by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office,…