# Advertising Policies

- Link: https://www.military.africa/advertising-policies/
- Published: 2022-02-22T00:28:29+01:00
- Author: Military Africa

Military Africa is committed to unbiased, independent journalism. Accepting funds
for advertising or sponsored content allows Us to expand our coverage of global 
news and events. The following guidelines explain how We protect our journalistic
integrity and the trust of Our readers and customers while working with advertisers
and sponsors.

The following guidelines apply to all advertisements published on any Military Africa
platform, including advertisements created by Our advertisers or in collaboration
with Our solutions. An advertisement is content controlled and paid for by a third
party.

No relationship with an advertiser or advertising deal will compromise Our strict
compliance which require independence, integrity and freedom from bias.

Military Africa’s editorial staff will not create, edit, influence or otherwise 
contribute to the production of advertising.

Advertisements will be clearly distinguishable from content created by Military 
Africa’s editorial staff. If necessary to make the distinction, an advertisement
will be prominently marked as “Advertisement.”

Advertisers are responsible for the content of their advertisements. Their advertising
must comply with all applicable laws, regulations and guidelines and must not be
false or misleading.

Advertisements do not reflect the views of Military Africa or its editorial staff.
Even so, We reserves the right to reject or remove any advertisement if in our opinion
the advertisement is inaccurate, misleading or could harm Military Africa’s reputation.

The following guidelines apply to content independently created by Military Africa’s
news department, but funded in whole or in part by a paying sponsor:

Accepting funding from sponsors to create editorially-independent content may allow
Military Africa to enrich our news file, expand our offerings for readers and customers,
or explore previously examined news subjects in a new way or with a more in-depth
analysis.

Military Africa may accept funding from paying sponsors if we would produce the 
content even without the funding because it is newsworthy.

Military Africa will agree to accept funding for content if the editorial leadership
of Military Africa News, including the Editor-in-Chief, agrees that the sponsorship
deal is consistent with Our editorial standards.

Sponsored content must be editorially independent content that is just as valuable,
unbiased and reliable as all other news content. This means:

i. At the beginning of a sponsorship deal, Military Africa and the sponsor may agree
on broad subject areas for coverage. The sponsor may suggest more specific topics
for Us to cover, but Military Africa is not obligated to accept the sponsor’s ideas
and will do so only if, in Oureditorial discretion, the topics are newsworthy and
of legitimate interest to our customers.

ii. Military Africa’s journalists, or journalists acting at the direction of Our
editorial staff, will collect facts and information, produce, and edit the content,
without input or influence by the sponsor, to the same standards that apply to other
Military Africa’s news content. Military Africa will not show copy to sponsors prior
to publication.

Sponsored content will be prominently identified as “This [article/page/series/section]
was [funded/funded in part] by [Brand X]. It was independently created by Military
Africa’s editorial staff. [Brand X] had no editorial involvement in its creation
or production.”