Burkina junta suspends radio station over Niger criticism
Radio Omeg ain Burkina Faso was suspended on August 10, 2023 after it ran an interview with Ousmane Abdoul Moumouni, the spokesman of a newly-established Nigerien group campaigning to return President Mohamed Bazoum to power.
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.
