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Burkina Faso: TV5 suspended and fined 76,000 euros

Summary by alakhbar.info
News (Ouagadougou) - The Supreme Council of Communication in Burkina Faso has suspended the work of the French-language TV5 Monde channel for 6 months and fined it 50 million CFA francs, about 76,000 euros. In a statement, the Council accused the channel of broadcasting “malicious statements” while hosting in a news bulletin on Monday “Newton Ahmed Barye, the journalist and former president of the electoral commission in Burkina Faso” between 20…
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News (Ouagadougou) - The Supreme Council of Communication in Burkina Faso has suspended the work of the French-language TV5 Monde channel for 6 months and fined it 50 million CFA francs, about 76,000 euros. In a statement, the Council accused the channel of broadcasting “malicious statements” while hosting in a news bulletin on Monday “Newton Ahmed Barye, the journalist and former president of the electoral commission in Burkina Faso” between 20…

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alakhbar.info broke the news in on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.
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