MOSCOW, October 26. /TASS/. The TASS news agency provides its news feeds free of charge to more than 300 media outlets in Africa, TASS Strategy Director Sergey Kuzovnikov said.

"Today, TASS already provides its news feeds in Arabic and French free of charge to more than 300 media outlets in Africa so that they can receive first-hand information about what is happening in Russia and around the world," he said at the Russia-Africa media forum.

He invited the forum’s participants to join the agency’s news feeds. "I would like to invite all those who are taking part in this media forum to join these feeds. TASS is ready to provide them free of charge," he said.

He noted that the forum provides African countries with an opportunity to tell its own story. "We don't let anyone speak for anyone else, or speak for Africa. Instead, we let Africa tell its own story," Kuzovnikov stressed.

Moscow is hosting the Russia-Africa media forum from October 26-29. Delegates from the leading Russian and African media outlets are attending. Participants will, in particular, discuss the role of countries of the global majority in the mass media space, outline prospects for the development of media resources as a tool for combating disinformation, and address the issue of the decolonization of media content.

TASS is the forum’s information partner. It will hold two panel sessions, on new platforms and formats of cooperation (October 26) and on media resources as a tool to fight disinformation and strengthen Russia and Africa’s positive image (October 28).