Burkina Faso bans BBC and VOA for spreading lies
Burkina Faso has suspended many Western and African media from publishing a report by the Human Rights Organization (HRW) accusing the country's army of indiscriminate killings.
Burkina Faso has suspended many Western and African media from publishing a report by the Human Rights Organization (HRW) accusing the country's army of indiscriminate killings.
The decision follows the suspension of the BBC and Voice of America, which is funded by the US government, for reporting on an investigation by Human Rights Watch which claimed that the Burkina Faso army executed about 223 villagers in February as part of its campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with militias. jihadist
The West African country's military-run communications council said broadcasts by French television station TV5 Monde would be suspended for two weeks, while its website was blocked.
More information says that the websites of the German broadcasting organization Deutsche Welle, the French newspapers Le Monde and Ouest-France, the British newspaper The Guardian, and the African organizations APA and Ecofin have also been blocked until further notice.
Yesterday, the government of Burkina Faso strongly denied and condemned the baseless accusations made by Human Rights Watch, which accused the country's government army of being involved in the killings in February this year 2024 in the villages of Nodin and Soro in the north. of that country.
The Minister of Communications of Burkina Faso, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo has explained that the killings that took place in the villages of Nodin and Soro led to the opening of a legal investigation and that while they are waiting for the completion of the investigation and the determination of the truth about the perpetrators, Human Rights Watch in his view has decided to announce the results of the investigation.
