Why supporters of Burkina Faso’s junta leader are campaigning against a Sky News journalist

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www.france24.comby https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.EnglishApril 21, 2026Submitted April 21, 2026

Yousra Elbagir, a journalist with British TV channel Sky News, has become the target of a smear campaign by supporters of Burkina Faso's junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré after she raised questions about security in the country and the repression of free speech.

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