A television presenter in Ivory Coast has received a one-year suspended jail sentence for promoting sexual assault. Yves de M’Bella, the host of La Télé d’ici Vacances (‘TV here on holiday’), was also fined $3,600 after he invited a man to demonstrate with a mannequin how he had previously assaulted women. The guest, Kader Traoré, was jailed for two years and fined $900. The programme was broadcast on 30th August by NCI.
There was a similar case in Egypt in 2017, when a lawyer, Nabih al-Wahsh, was convicted of inciting sexual assault. He was sentenced to three years in jail and fined the equivalent of $1,000. The conviction related to his 19th October 2017 appearance on the al-Assema satellite TV show انفراد (‘alone’), on which he said that men had a patriotic duty to attack women who wore revealing clothing. His comments were condemned by the programme’s host and other guests.