Yousra Elbagir, a Sky News journalist, has become the target of a smear campaign following her questioning of security and free speech repression in Burkina Faso. The allegations are directed by supporters of the country's junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré.

Yousra Elbagir, a journalist with British TV channel Sky News, has become the target of a smear campaign by supporters of Burkina Faso's junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré after she raised questions about security in the country and the repression of free speech.