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Why’s working as a journalist in Burkina Faso become so difficult?

May 12, 202318 min
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Episode description

On World Press Freedom Day last week– journalists from Burkina Faso alongside their colleagues in Mali, called for an end to all measures that undermine press freedom.

The military, who have been in charge in Burkina Faso since coups they led last year overthrew the government, are dealing with a jihadist insurgency which spread over the border from Mali in 2015.

Almost half of the country is currently outside state control. Journalists there say they face intimidation over what they report and are scared about the future of the media.

Africa Daily’s Mpho Lakaje has been speaking to Ouagadougou based journalist Ouezin Louis Oulon and BBC Monitoring’s Beverly Ochieng.

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