Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned Niger 's sudden move to suspend most major French media outlets.  The military junta in western Africa accused the outlets from former colonial power France of endangering national unity and public order, without offering examples or evidence.  It gave no reason for the sudden blanket ban, but it coincides with the aftermath of a major militant uprising in neighboring Mali — which is also run by a Russian -backed military government — by separatist