This is the second time this year that VOA is facing restrictions in the Sahel nation. In April, Burkina Faso pulled the outlet’s and BBC Africa’s broadcasts off the air and banned their websites for two weeks over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch report accusing the country’s army of mass executions.

Burkina Faso's military junta has suspended U.S.-funded news organisation Voice of America (VOA) for three months, according to a statement from the Superior Council for Communication (CSC). ・Burkina Faso's military junta has suspended VOA for three months due to comments about the jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region ・VOA was accused of