Burkina Faso, an ally of Bamako and fellow member of the Alliance of Sahel States, news coverage of the attacks has led to a ban on French TV channel TV5 Monde.
The country’s High Council for Communication accused the station of disinformation and the glorification of terrorism in its reporting on Burkina Faso and Mali.
Some Burkinabe agree that the media is undermining the morale of soldiers on the front lines in the fight against terrorism.
TV5 Monde and other international media were temporarily suspended in 2024 after airing news stories about a Human Rights Watch report on alleged abuses by the Burkinabe army against civilian populations.