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Burkina junta suspends radio station for 'insulting' Niger's new military leaders
Protesters hold a Russian flag and a banner with images of (from L to R): General Abdourahamane Tiani, Niger’s new strongman, Burkina Faso's junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore, leader of Mali's junta, Assimi Goita, and Guinea's junta leader, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey on August 3, 2023.
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Burkina Faso's junta-led government has suspended one of the country's most popular radio stations after it broadcast an interview deemed "insulting" to Niger's new military leaders.
Radio Omega was immediately suspended on Thursday "until further notice," Communications Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo said in a statement.