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The calculated paralysis of Burkina Faso's media regulator, the Superior Council for Communication (CSC), is a contributing factor to increasing attacks on the media and the continuing decline in quality journalism.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Burkina Faso’s president to promote press freedom instead of paralysing the country’s media regulator, the Superior Council for Communication (CSC), or trying to take it over.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the latest cases of threatening and aggressive behaviour towards journalists in Burkina Faso – death threats by a sports official and use of physical violence by a member of the prime minister's security. The authorities must carry out an investigation and ensure that these press freedom violations stop, RSF says.