Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | In this paper, we will try to take a closer look at the rise ofthe democratic transition in two French-speaking West African countries: Benin, often referred to as "the country where it all started", and Niger that can be consideredas one ofthe weak copies ofthe Beninese model. In the first part ofthe paper, we will try to show how the democratic experiment tookplace in both countries and how private and government-owned media came to play an active role in all main political changes. In the secondpart, we will take a closer look at the role ofthe newprivate written press in the democratic transition and try to mention the main problems facing both the press and the democracy implementation. Eventually, we will mention the recent political events that occurred in Benin and Niger, showing that the democratic process has generated very different outcomes. |
