BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s ruling junta suspended two French television channels on Friday for broadcasting alleged false information on a fuel blockade imposed by the al-Qaida linked military group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM ).

Mali’s High Authority for Communication said in a letter to image distributors in Mali dated Nov. 13 and made public on Friday that it suspended TF1 and LCI, claiming the two private TV channels made “unverified claims and falsehoods” in a broadcast on Nov. 9.

“LCI and TF1 television services have been removed from your packages until further notice,” reads the document.

The letter said the regulatory body disputes three passages of the two channels’ broadcast: “the junta has banned the sale of fuel,” “(the regions of) Kayes and Nioro are complet

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