Burkina Faso administration expels 2 French journalists
According to the newspaper’s report, the colonel in charge of two French journalists summoned to the National Security Unit said, «Your accreditation and press card have been cancelled. You have 24 hours to leave Burkina Faso.» said.
Faivre and Douce, who left the country yesterday following the «deportation» decision, returned to Paris, the capital of France.
No official statement has yet been made regarding the reasons for the deportation of the journalists.
The broadcast of the French public broadcaster France 24 was suspended
Burkina Faso suspended the broadcast of French public television France 24 on March 27, on the grounds that it had interviewed the leader of a group affiliated with the terrorist organization Al Qaeda.
The government announced that France 24, by interviewing the leader of a terrorist group, acted as their spokesperson and justified terrorism.
At the beginning of March, France 24 broadcast an interview with Yazid Mabarak, also known as Abu Ubeyde Yusuf al-Anabi, who is alleged to be the ringleader of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb (AQIM).
Al-Anabi replaced Abdulmalik Droukdel, the ringleader of the terrorist group, who was killed in a French airstrike in 2020.
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Two French journalists, Alexis Faivre and Valentin Douce, were deported from Burkina Faso on April 20, 2021. The reason for their deportation has not been officially disclosed. However, it comes a month after Burkina Faso suspended the broadcast of French public television France 24 on the grounds of interviewing a leader of a group affiliated with Al Qaeda. In early March, France 24 had broadcast an interview with Yazid Mabarak, also known as Abu Ubeyde Yusuf al-Anabi, who is said to be the ringleader of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb (AQIM).
