Journalist sentenced in absentia

Recent articles in Burkina Faso

Four Burkinabé journalists kidnapped in the space of two weeks

In the lead-up to his abduction, Radio Omega journalist Alain Niozè Traoré faced numerous threats.

MFWA demands release of abducted Burkinabé journalist

Just days after the Superior Council for Communication (CSC) suspended “L’Évènement”, Atiana Serge Oulon, editor-in-chief of the paper, was abducted from his home.

Burkina Faso suspends several media outlets

Foreign media outlets accused of tarnishing the image of the Burkinabè army for their amplification of a Human Rights Watch report on atrocities by the militia against communities in the north and north-east.