Officials said the suspension related to broadcasts about an ongoing fuel blockade that has caused major shortages.
Officials said the suspension related to broadcasts about an ongoing blockade that has caused major fuel shortages.
By Lyndal Rowlands and News Agencies
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Mali’s media regulator has suspended French broadcasters LCI and TF1 over allegedly broadcasting false information on a fuel blockade imposed by an al-Qaeda linked armed group.
Anti-French sentiment has been running high in some former French colonies.
Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM blocks fuel deliveries, causing school closures, power cuts as military rulers struggle to respond.
The blockade, imposed by jihadists, has upended daily life in the landlocked nation.
French foreign ministry said it also ordered two members of Mali’s embassy in Paris to leave.
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