
The Malian military government is moving to suspend broadcasts by French state-funded international RFI radio and France 24 television channel, accusing the news outlets of reporting “false allegations” that the army killed dozens of civilians.
The allegations were made by the head of the United Nations human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet and rights group Human Rights Watch. They were then reported in news reports by RFI and France 24 this week, according to a statement by the authorities on Thursday.