Very little. If Africans were to rely on their official news channels to hear about what is going on in Egypt, they would have been well advised to look elsewhere. A surf through the official (government) Web sites of most African news channels found very few of them that mentioned the Egyptian revolt. In Algeria, the president instead congratulated Iran for the anniversary of their own revolution. The official Web site of Sudanese news network spoke of their president's support of the aspirations of the Egyptian peoples. The story is also mentioned in Kenya, and South Africa. There is no mention of the matter in Morocco, The Gambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Cameroon, Chad, Senegal, Mali, Angola, Central African Republic, the two Congos, Ethiopia, and Niger. Yet, these news web sites ostensibly claim that they were erected to serve the people, while withholding information from them. Have these news channels become the voices of the presidents of these countries or a means of information for the people?
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