{"id":17194,"date":"2026-11-13T18:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T18:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/burkina-faso-orders-arrest-of-journalists-activists-over-terrorism-allegations\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T18:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T18:16:29","slug":"burkina-faso-orders-arrest-of-journalists-activists-over-terrorism-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/burkina-faso-orders-arrest-of-journalists-activists-over-terrorism-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso orders arrest of journalists, activists over terrorism allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"63.926199261993\">\n<p>Burkinabe authorities said on Friday they had issued arrest warrants for some 20 people, including journalists, activists, a former minister and former officers in exile over alleged \u201cterrorism\u201d offences.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ouagadougou Court of Appeal attorney general Desire Sawadogo said 14 arrest warrants with extradition requests had been issued, alongside seven further standard warrants.\n<\/p>\n<p>Burkina Faso, mired in jihadist violence for a decade, is governed by a junta that seized power in September 2022. It has cracked down hard on any criticism.\n<\/p>\n<p>Those targeted include Newton Ahmed Barry, a journalist for Radio France Internationale as well as former foreign minister Djibril Bassole, several officers and cyberactivists.<\/p>\n<p>They are accused of \u201ccomplicity in forming a terrorist criminal organisation and complicity in the financing of terrorism\u201d, as well as \u201cforming a terrorist criminal organisation\u201d, \u201cglorifying terrorism\u201d and \u201cincitement to rebellion\u201d. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Also among those targeted is the Ivorian influencer Camille Makosso, known for diatribes against Sahel region juntas and who has some four million social media followers.<\/p>\n<p>Sawadogo said \u201cmedia such as France 24\u201d were also in the authorities\u2019 sights.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecutor, more than six cases involving over 45 individuals and legal entities are currently under investigation by Burkina Faso\u2019s specialised anti-terror judicial unit.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office also stated that it had sought Meta\u2019s cooperation to identify the administrators of pages of contributors accused of glorifying terrorism and to bring legal proceedings against the posts\u2019 authors.\n<\/p>\n<p>AFP\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. 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