Burkina Faso military government suspends broadcast of France’s RFI radio

Burkina Faso’s military government has suspended the broadcast of France’s RFI radio in the Sahel West African state over what it said were false
reports and giving voice to Islamist militants, a statement from the government said on Saturday.
The statement said RFI on Saturday broadcast a message from a leader of a militant group in which he threatened the population.
“RFI strongly deplores this decision and protests against the totally unfounded accusations calling into question its professionalism,” State-owned Radio France Internationale, usually referred to as RFI, said in a statement.
It added that the decision to suspend its broadcasting was made without prior notice and without the implementation of the procedures put in place by Burkina Faso’s communications regulator.