Agence Congolaise de Presse (ACP)

Agence Congolaise de Presse (ACP) is the government news agency of the DR Congo. It used to operate as Agence Zaïre Presse (AZAP) during the time when DR Congo was known as Zaire.


Media assets

News agency: ACP

State Media Matrix Typology: State-Controlled (SC)


Ownership and governance

ACP was given the statute of public establishment by the decree 09/50 of 2009. The highest governing body at ACP is its Board of Directors that is appointed by the President of the republic.

ACP is accountable to the ministry in charge of media and communications in the DR Congo.

Source of funding and budget

There is no publicly available financial data about the finances of ACP. According to law, the company should be almost entirely funded by the government.

Editorial independence

Although there are no explicit requirements imposed by authorities on the ACP to provide coverage favorable to the government, the news agency is known as a government propaganda outlet, according to experts on DR Congo and an ad hoc content analysis.

No domestic statute and no oversight or assessment mechanism to validate the ACP’s editorial independence have been identified.

September 2023