Mandingo News Network

The Mandingo News Network (or MNN), is the primary news network brocast throughout the Mandinka Federation. It is owned by both the government, and private investors. Currently, 25% of the network is owned by the state, while the other 75% is under public ownership. Due to the government's "hands-off" policy towards new agencies, the MNN is allowed to report whatever it pleases, so long as it is the truth, or does not distort it. It maintains a strictly neutral stance in its reports, taking no side when reporting incidents or crimes. It is headquartered in Abidjan, and recieves the bulk of its budget from private investors, while receiving a meger allowance from the government to pay for basic operation costs. Following the annexation of Brazil in 2008, the MNN opened a new regional branch in Rio de Janeiro, and another in Sao Paulo.