At least five teachers were killed on Sunday when unidentified gunmen attacked an education center in the town of Bittou in southern Burkina Faso.
Authorities in the Middle Eastern region confirmed the deaths of four teachers in what they described as a "barbaric attack", although news portal Infowakat confirmed the discovery of a fifth body in the region.
All schools in the area were closed for a day on Monday to condemn the massacre, as no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Since 2015, Burkina Faso as a whole has seen a significant increase in instability due to simultaneous attacks by al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, resulting in a wave of displacement and refugees to other countries in the region.
On the other hand, the transitional authorities of Burkina Faso have "firmly" condemned the incitement of violence and death threats against journalists in the country through messages published on social networks: "The government is concerned about verbal abuses in the public, starting from physical provocations. Places. Violence to kill people and loot public property", Burkina Faso Fason, a government official said, according to the AIB news agency.
In this regard, it has been determined that "in the recent incidents, journalists Lamin Traoré and Newton Ahmed Barry of the Omega group are involved, who suffer violent expressions on social networks" and denounced "those who call intolerance and division".
In this spirit, he has promised that he will "fully assume his responsibility" and that "all effective measures have been taken to guarantee the freedom of the press and the freedom of opinion, as well as the safety of property and people".
Burkina Faso's military junta announced on Saturday that it had suspended Radio France Internationale (RFI) "until further notice", citing a video by an aid group that said "a message of terror is DIRECTED to the population attributed to a terrorist leader". For Islam and Muslims (JNIM), the successor to Al-Qaeda in the region.
In its report, RFI reports JNIM threats against civilians who help JNIM fight against terrorist groups, and Ouagadougou confirms that "this media therefore contributes to the desperate strategy of mobilizing thousands of Burkinabes of terrorist groups". homeland
This decision has been criticized by the Africa director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Sanibu Maranga, who stressed that "it is an attack on the freedom of information and the right of millions of people in Burkina Faso to access it".
"The country's security crisis should not be used as an excuse for journalists not to report responsibly and freely. We call on the authorities to review their decision, in the name of the citizens' plural right to information", he concluded. .