Trump’s cuts to US news outlets criticised for ceding ground to China, adversaries
Washington DC, US Reuters US lawmakers and rights advocates say the Trump administration’s drive to dismantle US government-funded news outlets, including Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, is a major blow to Washington’s hard-earned soft power globally at a time when Beijing is rushing to expand its sphere of influence. Since its inception to […]
Burkina Faso suspends more foreign media over killings coverage
Reuters Burkina Faso has suspended a number of Western and African media over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, its communications authority said on Sunday. The move follows similar suspensions of BBC Africa and the US-funded Voice of America for reporting on the HRW investigation that […]
Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage
Reuters Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the US-funded Voice of America (VOA) for two weeks over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, authorities said late on Thursday. In the report based on its own investigation, the watchdog said that the West […]