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22 hours ago · Burkina Faso has blocked local internet access to the BBC and Voice of America after they aired a rights report accusing the army of attacks on civilians in its battle against jihadists.
22 hours ago · Burkina Faso suspends the activities of BBC and Voice of America radio for two weeks for their civilian killings report. Burkina Faso has taken action against the BBC and Voice of America (VOA) radio stations following their coverage of a Human Rights Watch report detailing a mass killing of civilians by the country’s armed forces.
22 hours ago · Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and US public broadcaster Voice of America over their coverage of a report accusing its army of mass killings. Broadcasts have been stopped and the websites of ...
22 hours ago · Burkina Faso’s media regulator has suspended broadcasts from BBC Africa and Voice of America (VOA) over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the Burkinabè army of abuses ...
12 hours ago · Burkina Faso’s communications council said Thursday that the reports constitute “disinformation likely to discredit the Burkinabe army” and “likely to create public order disturbances.” The media regulator decided to take “precautionary measures,” ordering BBC and VOA to “immediately stop rebroadcasting the incriminated program.”
22 hours ago · Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio networks from broadcasting after they aired a rights report accusing the army of attacks on civilians in its battle against jihadists. It said the decision had been taken because BBC Africa and the VOA had aired and also published a report on their digital platforms "accusing the Burkina army of abuses against the civilian population".
22 hours ago · Under Traore, the junta distanced Burkina Faso from France, which ruled the country until 1960. In September, the junta-led government suspended the print and online operations of French media outlet Jeune Afrique in the country after the publication of two articles about tensions within the military.
