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Michael Fitzpatrick

Military junta in Burkina Faso kicks out two French journalists

Burkina Faso military leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. © AFP/Olympia de Maismont

The military authorities in Burkina Faso have expelled correspondents from France's Le Monde and Libération dailies, the newspapers said on Sunday, the latest move the junta running the west African country has taken against French media. Broadcasts by France 24 were suspended last week.

"Our correspondent in Burkina Faso, Sophie Douce, has been expelled from the country, at the same time as her colleague from Libération, Agnes Faivre," Le Monde said on Sunday.

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