近年来,许多非洲国家都先后建立了它们自己的通讯社。其目的是为了真实报道它们本国发生的事情,同时也是为了获得世界各地的消息,以此加强国际间的了解和联系。这些通讯社大多数是利用公用电话机,电报机,用户专线电报机,传真设备以及私人出租的电传打字电报机线路,进行消息传递。由于国内没有合适的公用无线电通讯网,一些通讯社只好用它们专有的无线电通讯网,同各分 In recent years, many African countries have successively established their own news agencies. Its purpose is to provide real coverage of what is happening in their own country and at the same time to gain the world’s message so as to enhance international understanding and contacts. Most of these news agencies use public telephones, telegraphs, subscriber line telegraphs, facsimile equipment and privately rented teletypewriter lines for messaging. Since there is no suitable public radiocommunication network in the country, some news agencies have had to use their own proprietary radiocommunications network,