Burkina Faso: After Four Months of Forced Military Conscription, Two Journalists Reappear, Three Reporters Remain Missing

Burkina Faso: After Four Months of Forced Military Conscription, Two Journalists Reappear, Three Reporters Remain Missing

Press Release - The president of the Burkina Journalists’ Association (AJB), Guezouma Sanogo, and a journalist from radio Femina FM, Phil Roland Zongo, returned to their families on 21 July, after four months of forced conscription, a few days after the reappearance of journalists Boukari Ouoba, Luc Pagbelguem and Kalifara Séré. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes this development and calls on authorities to shed full light on the fate of m…

Burkina Journalists Freed from Conscription, RSF Demands Missing Answers

Two prominent journalists in Burkina Faso have been released after four months in detention, marking a partial victory for press freedom advocates amid ongoing…