# Authorities expelled two accredited French newspaper reporters

Date: 2023

After intelligence officers questioned Le Monde reporter Sophie Douce and Libération reporter Agnès Faivre about their work, the journalists were ordered to leave Burkina Faso despite holding visas and accreditation.

## Drivers

- Traoré junta and AES: https://factrail.ai/drivers/traore-junta-aes

## Sources

- https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/04/burkina-faso-expels-two-french-reporters
- https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/burkina-faso

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/burkina-expels-french-reporters-2023