The United States warmly congratulated France today on the success of its "Operation Serval" in Mali but Reporters Without Borders regrets that France has had similar success with its goal of heavily restricting direct media coverage of the military intervention.
"The French authorities, supported by their Malian counterparts, have achieved their 'zero image of the war front' media objective for Operation Serval by strictly controlling access to information," Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire said.
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