Burkina Faso Expels Two French Reporters

Burkina Faso expelled correspondents from French dailies “Le Monde” and “Libération”, the newspapers announced on Sunday.
“Our correspondent in Burkina Faso, Sophie Douce, was expelled from the country at the same time as her colleague from Libération, Agnès Faivre,” Le Monde said.
The authorities gave the two journalists 24 hours to leave the country. They arrived in Paris early on Sunday, the newspaper reported.
“Le Monde” wrote that it strongly denounced what it considered an arbitrary decision and requested that the authorities revoke it.
“Libération” said that it strongly rejects these utterly unjustifiable expulsions, which might be related to an investigation published earlier in the week.
Burkina Faso’s authorities ordered the suspension of the broadcast by “France 24” channel and “Radio France Internationale” (RFI).
RFI and France 24 were also suspended in Mali.