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Burkina Faso’s media regulator has suspended more international media outlets over their coverage of a report accusing the Burkinabè army of killing civilians.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will tour Nigeria next month following an invitation by the country's chief of defence staff, a military official has said. The military government has now banned the French network TV-Cinq and the websites of Le Monde and the Guardian, as well as the German broadcaster, Deutsche Welle.
"The visit is to consolidate Nigeria's stronghold at the [Invictus] game and the possibility of hosting the event [in] later years," defence spokesperson Tukur Gusau said in a statement on Sunday. The suspension comes days after the Burkinabè authorities imposed a two-week ban on BBC and US public broadcaster Voice of America (VOA) for covering the same Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have a strong relationship with the West African country. The Superior Council for Communication (CSC) said in a statement on Sunday that the coverage of the HRW report by the newly suspended outlets "constitutes disinformation likely to bring discredit to the Burkinabè army".
Last year, Nigeria debuted at Prince Harry's Invictus Games, winning gold and bronze medals and becoming the first African country to participate in the event. The media regulator also reiterated a warning to all media outlets against covering the report, threatening sanctions.
The prince launched the Invictus Games, a sport event for military personnel wounded in action, in 2014. The report released last Thursday by the US-based group HRW accused the Burkinabè military of massacring at least 223 civilians in February in the north of the country.
When Nigeria participated in the event in Dusseldorf, Germany, last year, Nigeria's defence minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar expressed interest in hosting the games, Brig Gen Gusau said. Burkina Faso authorities rejected the HRW report as "baseless accusations" and said they had opened a legal inquiry to "establish the facts".
The exact date for Harry and Meghan's visit is yet to be announced, but they will engage in various activities during the trip, including meeting military members and experiencing local cultural activities.
News of the visit has excited many in Nigeria, where Meghan has ancestral roots.
In 2022, the Duchess of Sussex said that genealogy tests had revealed she is 43% Nigerian.
"Nigeria welcomes our daughter!" one Nigerian said on X, formerly Twitter.
Harry and wife are yet to comment on the invitation.
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