Mob prevents state TV journalists from covering labour meeting
A large crowd prevented Arsène Evariste Kabore and Issa Kafando from covering a meeting between Burkinabe labour unions and the government.
Angry university students attack state TV crew
Ahmadou Dicko and Urbain Somé were violently attacked by a group of angry students who accused the RTB of censoring their previous protests about the death of their colleague.
Call to combat impunity on 12th anniversary of journalist’s murder
On the 12th anniversary of newspaper editor Norbert Zongo’s murder, RSF urges authorities to relaunch the investigation into his death.
Media regulatory body suspends television station
On 26 October 2009, the Supreme Council for Communication directed the management of TVZ Africa to suspend transmission for technical reasons.
Journalists from magazine “Reporter” and newspaper “l’Événement” receive anonymous death threats for criticising government officials
(MFWA/IFEX) – Several journalists of the “Reporter”, an independent monthly magazine, as well as journalist Newton Ahmed Barry of privately-owned weekly newspaper “l’Événement” have received death threats via e-mail for allegedly criticising three top government officials. In a February 2009 edition of the “Reporter”, the magazine published a letter from an anonymous source that identified […]
Police summon heads of Collective against Impunity two days after march on 10th anniversary of journalist’s murder
(RSF/IFEX) – On 15 December 2008, Reporters Without Borders voiced its surprise after police in the capital Ouagadougou summoned the leaders of the Collective against Impunity in Burkina Faso, two days after it organised a march to mark the 10th anniversary of the murder of the editor of the “L’Indépendant”. On the sidelines of the […]
Protesters rename Ouagadougou avenue after slain journalist on 10th anniversary of murder
(RSF/IFEX) – On 13 December 2008, Reporters Without Borders marked the 10th anniversary of journalist Norbert Zongo’s murder by organising a protest in which stickers were used to rename one of the capital’s avenues after Zongo. The editor of the weekly “L’Indépendant”, Zongo and three companions were murdered in the southern town of Sapouy on […]
Freedom of the Press 2007: Burkina Faso
Freedom of the Press 2007: Burkina Faso
Killers of journalist Norbert Zongo still not brought to justice nine years after his death
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN letter to President Blaise Compaore: His Excellency Blaise Compaore President of Burkina Faso Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 7 December 2007 Your Excellency, On the ninth anniversary of the murder of journalist Norbert Zongo, we are writing on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum, […]
Fire destroys radio presenter’s car
(MFWA/IFEX) – Sam S K Le Jah, a presenter with Ouaga FM, a private radio station in Ouaga 2000, a suburb of Ouagadougou, escaped death on 28 September 2007, when his car parked outside the station caught fire and was completely destroyed. A Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) correspondent reported that although the causes […]
Angry youths threaten to kill journalist and set his house ablaze
(MFWA/IFEX) – Abdoul Salam Quarma, a correspondent for the Agence d’Information de Burkina (AIB), a newswire service in Titao in the province of Lorum, 230 km north of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, was threatened with death on 24 May 2007 by a group of irate youths over a news report they were not […]
Journalist faces possible jail term in criminal defamation case
(MFWA/IFEX) – Thierry Nabyoure, a journalist with the privately-owned, Ouagadougou-based newspaper “San Finna”, faces a possible prison sentence if found guilty of charges resulting from an article he published in early 2007. On 4 June 2007, a Ouagadougou court will hear a request by the State Prosecutor to give the journalist a 15-day jail term […]
Radio station temporarily pulls programme after host receives death threats; CPJ calls for full investigation
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 26 April 2007 CPJ press release: In Burkina Faso, an e-mail warns, ‘You will be gunned down’ New York, April 26, 2007 – Authorities in Burkina Faso must fully investigate a death threat against outspoken journalist and free speech activist Karim Sama, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. […]
Radio presenter receives death threats
(MFWA/IFEX) – Sam K. Le Jah, a presenter at Ouga FM, a privately-owned radio station in Ouagadougou, received death threats on 18 April 2007 for allegedly criticising the administration of President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) correspondent reported that the threat was communicated to the presenter in an […]
Journalist detained for 48 hours, forced to disclose source, for article allegedly defaming police official
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 26 March 2007, Thierry Nabyoure, a journalist with the privately-owned, Ouagadougou-based newspaper “San Finna”, was detained by police for allegedly defaming Colonel Mamadou Traoré, chief of staff of the National Gendarmerie. Thierry was forced to disclose his source of information and explain his motive. MFWA’s correspondent reported that Nabyoure was released on […]
Newspaper publisher and editor convicted of libelling president’s brother
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has voiced stupefaction at the two-month suspended prison sentences and fines of 300,000 CFA francs (450 euros) which a court in Ouagadougou on 22 January 2007 passed on Germain Bitiou Nama, the publisher of the privately-owned fortnightly L’”Evénement”, and Newton Ahmed Barry, its editor, for linking the president’s brother, François […]