[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns an alarming decline in press freedom in Burkina Faso, whose military junta suspended access to nine international news outlets in the space of 48 hours for covering a Human Rights Watch report about an alleged massacre by the army. A total of 13 international media are now banned in this West African nation.
[DW] Burkina Faso's military junta has suspended more international media, including DW. It's part of a pattern of press repression as the junta's counterterrorism operations take a high civilian toll.
[RFI] Military-ruled Burkina Faso has rejected as "baseless accusations" a Human Rights Watch report that soldiers killed at least 223 villagers in two attacks on 25 February.
[VOA] Burkina Faso on Sunday suspended several more international news organizations, some of them for an indefinite period, over their coverage of a report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, its communications regulator said.
[DW] Human Rights Watch had accused Burkina Faso's military of civilian mass killings, including scores of children, in the West African country's fight against Islamist militant groups.
[UN News] The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday raised alarm over the situation in northern Burkina Faso where several hundred civilians, including children, were reportedly killed amidst fighting between security forces and armed groups.
[Agenzia Fides] Ouagadougou -- The catechist Edouard Zoetyenga Yougbare was kidnapped and killed near Saatenga, in the diocese of Fada N'Gourma, in eastern Burkina Faso. According to a diocesan priest quoted by the Aci Africa news agency, the catechist was looking for his donkey on April 18 when the area where he was staying was about three kilometers from Kamona, a suburb on the outskirts of the center of Saatenga, was attacked by an armed group, possibly shepherds from the Peuls tribe. Several people who were in the area were
[VOA] Burkina Faso has temporarily suspended the programs of Voice of America and BBC/Africa following the broadcast of news stories about a Human Rights Watch report accusing the Burkinabè army of abuses against civilian populations.
[DW] Soldiers in Burkina Faso killed 223 people, including children, in two villages, Human Rights Watch has said. The rights group said it was among the worst crimes committed by the military in nearly a decade.
[RFI] Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Thursday.
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[RFI] Ouagadougou -- Burkina Faso has expelled three French diplomats for "subversive activities", according to a foreign ministry note seen by AFP on Thursday, in a further sign of mounting tensions between the African state and its former colonial master.
[The New Humanitarian] Zebilla, Ghana -- 'We know we are not wanted in Ghana, but they will kill us in Burkina Faso.'
[VOA] Burkina Faso's military junta has expelled three French diplomats for "subversive activities," according to a government statement Thursday.
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