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After accusing them of focusing too much on protests triggered by the arrest of an opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, authorities in Senegal suspended the signal of two private television.
The two stations affected by the decision by the National Audiovisual Regulatory Council (CNRA) are Sen TV and Walf TV channels.
The channel were accused of broadcasting images of the unrest “in loop” after Mr Sonko’s arrest, the AFP news agency reported.
The government confirmed that one person was killed in the violence on Thursday, which followed Mr Sonko’s arrest in Dakar a day earlier, BBC News reports.
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Mr Sonko who has been accused of raping a woman at a salon where he went to get massages, denies all the allegations and described the case as politically motivated and an attempt by President Macky Sall’s allies to ensure he can’t run in the next election.
Last week, Senegal’s parliament voted to strip Mr Sonko’s immunity so the rape trial could proceed.
