Guinea Bans France 24, Withdraws Jeune Afrique Correspondent’s Accreditation

Dakar — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Guinean authorities to reverse Thursday’s ban on France 24 after a presenter called President Mamadi Doumbouya a “putschist president” and to reinstate the accreditation of the pan-African weekly Jeune Afrique’s Guinea correspondent Diawo Barry.

“By prohibiting France 24 from broadcasting and Jeune Afrique’s Diawo Barry from working, Guinean authorities have shown their ruthless determination to silence independent voices and to intimidate…