The Burkinabe government on Wednesday gave details on its directive restricting access to the social network platform – Facebook.

Since January 10, populations in Burkina Faso have been denied access to Facebook.

During a Press conference in the nation’s capital Ouagadougou, government spokesman, Alkassoum Maïga said authorities restricted access to the social network platform for security reasons.

Tofik Abdul Nasir has more in this report.