Togo has decided to attack RFI and France 24. These media were prohibited from the antenna on Monday for three months. They are accused of having transmitted “inaccurate and biased words” after demonstrations that shook the country at the beginning of the month.
This suspension comes to reduce the distribution space in Western Africa of these two French public media, suspended for several years in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, three countries led by military boards.
A “without prior notice” suspension
“Several recent programs have transmitted inaccurate, biased, even contrary to the established facts, which imply the stability of republican institutions and the image of the country,” announces the high authority for audiovisual and communication (Haac) by Togo, in a press release. “The pluralism of opinions does not authorize the dissemination of falsehoods or the partial presentation of the news. Press freedom cannot be …