Burkina Faso junta secretly held and abused journalist Atiana Serge Oulon: RSF

Burkina Faso’s authorities secretly held and abused a prominent investigative journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift detention facility in the capital, an international advocacy group said Wednesday, in the latest crackdown on political dissent in the West African nation.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Atiana Serge Oulon, editor of the newspaper L’Événement, was taken from his home in June 2024 by several armed men in…