The Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina is the national broadcaster of the West African state of

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

. Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina is headquartered in the capital city

Ouagadougou Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's ...

. Generaldirector (CEO) of RTB is Marcel Toé. RTB started broadcasting on 12 October 1959. During the 2014 uprising, protesters stormed the building of the RTB, seized the technical equipment and stopped broadcasts of the TVB and RB. At the

January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état A coup d'état was launched in Burkina Faso on 23 January 2022. Gunfire erupted in front of the presidential residence in the Burkinabé capital Ouagadougou and several military barracks around the city. Soldiers were reported to have seized ...

the mutinous soldiers declared on RTB television on 24 January 2022, that a military junta of

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (; born January 1981) is a Burkinabé military officer who served as interim president of Burkina Faso from 31 January 2022 to 30 September 2022, when he was removed in a coup d'état, by his own military colleague Ibr ...

and his "

Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration The Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (, MPSR) has been the ruling military junta of Burkina Faso since the January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état. Originally it was led by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, but he was overthrown by dis ...

" had seized control of Burkina Faso. On the same year, eight months later, (see September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état) RTB television stopped broadcasting for hours until a group of soldiers, led by

Ibrahim Traoré Ibrahim Traoré (born 1988) is a Burkinabé military officer who has been the interim leader of Burkina Faso since the 30 September 2022 coup d'état which ousted interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. At age 34, Traoré is the world's ...

, announced the fall of

due to his inability to deal with

jihadism Jihadism is a neologism which is used in reference to "militant Islamic movements that are perceived as existentially threatening to the West" and "rooted in political Islam."Compare: Appearing earlier in the Pakistani and Indian media, Wes ...

in the country, they also announced a curfew, the suspension of all political and civil society activities, of the

Constitution of Burkina Faso The Constitution of Burkina Faso was approved by referendum on 2 June 1991, formally adopted 11 June 1991 and last amended in January 2002. The last amendment abolished the upper chamber of the parliament, the Chamber of Representatives. In 2 ...

and closed all air and land borders.

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* Publicly funded broadcasters Television stations in Burkina Faso Television channels and stations established in 1975 State media {{Africa-tv-station-stub

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