Burkina Faso expels French journalists from two newspapers.

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Burkina Faso expels French journalists from two newspapers.
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Burkina Faso has expelled two French journalists working for newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, accusing the authorities of seeking to stifle freedom of speech with an escalating crackdown on foreign media. The expulsions are the latest crackdown against French media by the military ruling the West African country. Relations between Paris and Ouagadougou have deteriorated sharply since Burkina Faso’s military seized power in a coup last October.

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