Media & Journalism

Pap Saine

Publisher and press freedom advocate

A Gambian legacy

Pap Saine is a Gambian journalist and publisher who cofounded The Point with Deyda Hydara and Babucarr Gaye. He also worked as a Reuters correspondent. His commitment to independent reporting received international recognition when the International Press Institute named him a World Press Freedom Hero in 2010.

THEIR MARK ON HISTORY

01Cofounded The Point in 1991.

02Named an IPI World Press Freedom Hero in 2010.

Independent pressPublishingInternational reporting

SOURCES & FURTHER READING01International Press Institute recognition 02The Point: award biography

Photo: Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission / Government of The Gambia · Image rights retained by source. Cropped or framed for display. AI-assisted resolution enhancement. View original photograph.

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