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Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for reporting on army killings

Burkina Faso's leader Ibrahim Traore is welcomed by supporters holding Russian flags in an armoured vehicle in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso [File: Vincent Bado/Reuters]

Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America (VOA) radio networks from broadcasting for two weeks over their coverage of a report accusing the army of the extrajudicial killings of civilians, the authorities said.

In a new report published on Thursday, international organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) said military forces “summarily executed” 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages in February.

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