{"id":17255,"date":"2026-11-13T19:45:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T19:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/burkina-issues-terrorist-warrants-for-journalists-activists\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T19:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T19:45:45","slug":"burkina-issues-terrorist-warrants-for-journalists-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/burkina-issues-terrorist-warrants-for-journalists-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina issues \u2018terrorist\u2019 warrants for journalists, activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"662\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Burkina-issues-\u2018terrorist-warrants-for-journalists-activists.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Burkina issues \u2018terrorist\u2019 warrants for journalists, activists\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Burkina-issues-\u2018terrorist-warrants-for-journalists-activists.jpg 662w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ibrahim-Traore-Burkina-Faso-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burkinabe authorities said 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ouagadougou Court of Appeal attorney general Desire Sawadogo said 14 arrest warrants with extradition requests had been issued, alongside seven further standard warrants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also among those targeted, albeit not by a warrant, 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The justice ministry said Friday evening it was calling for legal proceedings in his country of residence\u201d and hoped Ivory Coast would heed the request \u201cin the name of international judicial cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sawadogo said \u201cmedia such as France 24\u201d were also in the authorities\u2019 sights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/burkina-issues-terrorist-warrants-for-journalists-activists\/\">Burkina issues \u2018terrorist\u2019 warrants for journalists, activists<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burkinabe authorities said 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. 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