Ivory Coast has lifted the suspension it placed last month on satellite TV news channel France 24, the West African country’s National Council for Audiovisual Communication (CNCA) said today. “We have lifted the suspension after a meeting yesterday,” CNCA President Franck Kouassi said. “France 24 may transmit again.”
The CNCA scrambled France 24’s signal February 22 after it displayed a headline reporting many deaths in a protest against elections delays. At least five people were in fact killed when Ivorian security forces fired live rounds at the protesters in the western city of Gagnoa. At least two other protesters were killed in subsequent demonstrations. At the time, Kouassi said France 24’s scrolling headline reporting the deaths was displayed on screen for too long, instead of moving on to another item.
(Source: Reuters)
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