Morocco takes a formal step toward joining TV5MONDE governance as first African state
Morocco has formally expressed its interest in joining the governance structure of TV5MONDE, the world's leading French-language audiovisual network, marking the first time an African country has entered this accession process. The move follows a letter sent on April 21, 2026, by Morocco's Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid, to the Swiss government, which currently holds the rotating presidency of TV5MONDE's six funding governments.
In his letter, Minister Bensaid confirmed Morocco's readiness to meet the network's membership criteria, stating that the commitment to uphold those criteria is reinforced by a convergence of shared values and a mutual concern for transparency and good governance. The six governments that currently fund and govern TV5MONDE are Canada, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation of Belgium, France, the Principality of Monaco, Quebec, and Switzerland. With Morocco's candidacy formally initiated, senior officials from those six governments will now begin working with their Moroccan counterparts to examine the practical terms and modalities of accession.
Founded in 1984 and now present in nearly 200 countries and territories, TV5MONDE reaches global audiences across ten linear channels and through its worldwide streaming platform TV5MONDE+. The network's governance was opened to potential new members in 2025, when the six funding governments invited African member states of the International Organisation of La Francophonie to pursue an accession pathway. The initiative was designed to broaden representation within the network while anchoring it more firmly in the realities of a diverse, evolving Francophone world. Membership criteria are strict, requiring adherence to TV5MONDE's founding charter as well as its editorial independence and ethics charter, which enshrine principles of journalistic rigor, information accuracy, transparency, and pluralism.
Beyond governance, TV5MONDE will also work with Morocco's national public broadcaster, the Société nationale de radiodiffusion et de télévision, represented by its president Faïçal Laraïchi, to develop co-productions and provide content across the network's platforms. This dimension of the partnership reflects the network's broader ambition, rooted in a 2021 renewal of its founding charter, to build a shared audiovisual space that reflects the cultural diversity, democratic values, and developmental commitments of the Francophone community. Multilateralism is explicitly framed within the network's mission as a vector of peace among peoples.
Should the accession process conclude successfully, Morocco would become the first African state to hold a seat in the governance of the French-language audiovisual network, a milestone that both parties have characterized as historically significant for the continent and for the Francophone world at large.
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