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The violence has destabilised and divided the once peaceful West African country leading to two coups last year. Jihadi fighters linked al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have been waging a violent insurgency in Burkina Faso for seven years, that's killed thousands and displaced nearly 2 million people. This is what journalism is about,'' he said.

In the interview, which took one year to arrange, the only mention of Burkina Faso was to challenge the al-Qaida chief about taking responsibility for an attack in the town of Solhan in the Sahel region that killed at least 160 people in June 2021, said Nasr. However, France 24 decided not to broadcast it, Wassim Nasr, the journalist who did the interview told The Associated Press. On March 6, France 24 discussed on air, the exclusive interview it had conducted with Algerian Abu Obeida Youssef al-Aanabi, the leader of AQIM, an umbrella group of Islamic extremist groups operating in the Sahel region, the vast, semi-arid expanse below the Sahara Desert.

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Without contesting the freedom of the channel's editorial choices, the government nevertheless questions the ethics that govern the professional practice of journalism on France 24,' he said.īy describing the views of the head of the rebel group, France 24 had acted as a communication agency for the jihadis and gave them space to legitimise their actions, he said.

'It is with regret that the government discovered two weeks ago an interview with the chief of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb' on France 24, part of the France Medias Monde group. The broadcasting of France 24's programmes will be blocked throughout Burkina Faso because of an interview the outlet did with the leader of an al-Qaida aligned group, Jean-Emmanuel Ouedraogo said in a statement. PTI | Dakar | Updated: 27-03-2023 16:29 IST | Created: 27-03-2023 16:29 ISTīurkina Faso's military junta has suspended French broadcaster, France 24, for interviewing a top jihadi rebel, a government spokesman announced Monday.

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