(MFWA/IFEX) – Some members of a youth association, the Kabala Town Youth in Koinadugu District, a northern province of Sierra Leone, about 200 kilometres from the capital, Freetown, besieged the premises of Radio Bintumani, the community radio station, and closed it down on 11 February 2007. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) correspondent reported […]
(MFWA/IFEX) – Some members of a youth association, the Kabala Town Youth in Koinadugu District, a northern province of Sierra Leone, about 200 kilometres from the capital, Freetown, besieged the premises of Radio Bintumani, the community radio station, and closed it down on 11 February 2007.
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) correspondent reported that the youth, who stormed the radio station early in the morning on the day of the incident, forced all journalists and other staff members out and stopped transmission.
The station resumed broadcasts after 24 hours.
The correspondent said the youth demanded the dismissal of Jorgoh Barrie, the station’s manager, whom they accused of stealing, nepotism and using the radio station in promoting ethnic division.
Barrie has, however, denied the allegations.
