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Burkina Faso: Ibrahim Traoré to be inaugurated President of Transition Friday

The Constitutional Council in Burkina Faso announced that the leader of the junta in power in the country Ibrahim Traore will be sworn in on Friday as the President of the transition, less than a month after seizing power. The Constitutional Council “takes note of the resignation” of Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, author of a […]

Egypt rebuts fuel contamination claims amid motorists’ rising concerns

In the face of mounting public disquiet and a swirl of viral online allegations, Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum has firmly dismissed claims that tainted petrol is wreaking havoc on car engines across the country. Responding to a wave of social media posts depicting corroded fuel tanks and vehicle breakdowns—particularly those attributed to 92 and 95-octane […]

Russia’s disinformation campaign in Africa making quickest victories in history of propaganda — report

Russia is making “tremendous” gains in its disinformation propaganda in Africa, according to a new report by Dan Whitman, fellow at the Philadelphia-based Foreign Policy Research Institute, who, in a recent interview, described Moscow’s disinformation campaign as the “most rapid propaganda successes in the history of propaganda.”   In his report recently published by the […]