Overview
- The media regulator ordered both channels removed from all broadcast distributor packages across Mali until further notice, effective from the date of its decision.
- The sanction follows a 12-minute LCI Grand Dossier segment aired on November 9 that TF1 reposted online the same day.
- The regulator says the piece used an alarmist tone that predicted an imminent collapse of the Malian state and risked sowing panic and distrust.
- Officials specifically dispute claims that the junta banned fuel sales and that terrorists were close to taking the capital, Bamako.
- An AFP journalist reported the channels were already inaccessible in Mali from Thursday evening, indicating swift enforcement.