On June 19, 2024, the Conseil supérieur de la communication (CSC), announced the suspension of the bi-monthly investigative newspaper, L’Evènement, following an article published on June 10, 2024. The article accused a certain Captain Prospère Boena, whom the paper claimed to be a close associate of Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, of embezzling 400 million FCFA (about $651,436).
According to the CSC, the article contained unfounded allegations and defamatory insinuations without clear evidence, violating article 122 of Law 057-2015/CNT, which regulates the print media in Burkina Faso. Consequently, the CSC suspended the newspaper for one month from all its publication platforms.
In response, L’Evènement publicly condemned the sanction as grotesque, unjust, and abusive. The newspaper stated its intention to challenge the decision in court.
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