Burkina Faso suspends French international station TV5 for six months

Several foreign media, mainly French, have been suspended temporarily or permanently since Captain Ibrahim Traoré came to power in October 2022.

Burkina Faso suspends French broadcaster TV5 for six months

Several French media outlets have been suspended in Burkina Faso in recent years.

Burkina Faso suspends French international station TV5 for six months

Burkina Faso on Tuesday suspended French broadcaster TV5 for six months for spreading "disinformation", authorities said.

In the evening of Tuesday, June 18, the authorities of Burkina Faso announced the suspension of the French-language channel TV5 Monde for 6 months, in particular for having...

Ouagadougou announced the suspension for six months of the French-language news channel TV5 Monde, accusing it of broadcasting "tendentious statements bordering on disinformation". The army also denied "mutiny" rumors in military barracks. Authorities in Burkina Faso suspended the French channel TV5 Monde for six months, accusing it of broadcasting "tendentious statements", after an episode addressing the security situation in the country, in wh…