The move follows the channel\u2019s failure to comply with an order to correct a report describing Guinea President Mamadi Doumbouya as a coup leader, the national media regulator has said<\/p>\n
Guinea has banned France 24 nationwide, accusing the French state broadcaster of insubordination and of using remarks deemed offensive to the West African nation\u2019s president, Mamadi Doumbouya.
\nThe Guinean High Authority of Communications (HAC) announced the measure on Thursday, revoking the channel\u2019s broadcasting authorization and the accreditations of its correspondents, special envoys, and other staff. The ban covers satellite and cable television, websites, mobile applications, and social media. Canal+ Guinea was instructed to remove the channel from its packages.
\n\u201cThe Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARPT) is hereby requisitioned to proceed without delay with the technical blocking of all France 24 digital access points,\u201d the HAC said in a statement.
\nThe dispute erupted after a France 24 presenter referred to Doumbouya as a \u201ccoup leader\u201d during a news bulletin on Tuesday. The HAC ordered the broadcaster the following day to withdraw the term and issue corrections, arguing that it undermined the president\u2019s dignity.<\/p>\n
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The regulator said France 24\u2019s failure to comply amounted to an \u201copen challenge\u201d to its authority, a continuing insult to the head of state and a \u201cflagrant violation of the legal sovereignty\u201d of Guinea. It said the ban was necessary to protect public order, institutional stability, and the country\u2019s image.
\nFrance 24 later corrected the description and apologized. Doumbouya took power following the 2021 overthrow of President Alpha Conde but was elected president with 86.72% of the vote in December 2025.
\nThe measure came one day after the HAC withdrew the accreditation of Mamadou Diawo Barry, a Guinean correspondent for Jeune Afrique, citing what it called serious breaches of professional ethics and failures of objectivity and balance.<\/p>\n
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In May 2024, the authorities also revoked the licenses of six private outlets, including Djoma TV, Espace TV, and the FIM, Espace, Sweet, and Djoma radio stations. The government accused them of failing to comply with broadcasting requirements after months of signal disruption.
\nFrance 24 has faced similar restrictions elsewhere in West Africa. Neighboring Mali permanently suspended the channel and Radio France Internationale in 2022 after accusing them of broadcasting false reports about alleged abuses by the Malian Army. Their signals remain blocked in the former French colony.<\/p>\n
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