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A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during a run-off presidential election in Bamako, Mali, on August 12, 2018. A Malian radio station was suspended for 11 days starting on August 1, 2018, for alleged incitement to revolt. (Reuters/Luc Gnago)

Malian radio station suspended for 11 days for alleged incitement to revolt

September 20, 2018 6:14 PM EDT

Bamako’s governor, Colonel Déberekoua Soara, indefinitely suspended Renouveau FM, a privately owned radio station in Bamako, Mali’s capital, on August 1, 2018. The station was accused by Soara of alleged incitement to hatred and revolt on a popular current affairs show, the broadcaster’s director, Sidi Mohamed Dicko, told CPJ. The station was back on the…

Three journalists arrested, equipment seized in Mali

March 9, 2018 9:51 AM EST

Malian police on February 22, 2018, arrested three journalists from the privately owned MaliActu news website, and seized equipment from the news website’s office in the capital, Bamako, according to Sega Diarrah, the outlet’s Paris-based owner, and local media reports. Officers did not have a warrant, according to reports.