Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger’s military juntas are weaponising decrees and building a Sahel where truth is contraband The Sahelian Junta: Goita, Tchiani and Traore June 2024 arrived in Mali […]
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This investigation was produced by DUBAWA and is co-published by DAIDAC. A collage of AI-generated videos used in the Facebook posts. Photo Source: Facebook. In recent months, Facebook has witnessed
Viral claims of $100 billion deals and IMF defiance are sweeping West Africa. Our investigation exposes the network manufacturing them, and a damning pattern of falsehood and exaggeration. 43.7% of
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On May 7, 2026, social media users across the world noticed something unusual: follower counts were suddenly falling. Major celebrity accounts reportedly lost millions of followers within hours. Influencers complained
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Several Facebook posts are advertising free online courses, purportedly funded by the government of Ghana. Some of the posts found here, here, here, and here claim that the opportunity is for people aged between 18
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According to Meltwater & We Are Social, TikTok has overtaken Facebook to become the second most dominant social media platform in Ghana. While the platform continues to grow in popularity, especially among
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In today’s hyper-connected world, where information flows faster than the Niger River, the lines between fact and fiction are blurrier than ever. From deepfake videos influencing elections to cleverly disguised
A covert digital propaganda campaign led by the military regimes of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger under the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) is reshaping public opinion across West Africa,
In November 2022, one month after businessman Elon Musk completed his acquisition of X (formerly Twitter), he announced new rules to regulate the platform, amid concerns about a high rate of disinformation on the
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In Nigeria’s rapidly evolving digital media ecosystem, where platforms like X (formerly Twitter) increasingly influence public discourse, a network of accounts is leveraging Pan-African rhetoric to spread divisive content. One
