Anti-Western disinformation is rampant in Burkina Faso and the wider Sahel, with analysts and governments claiming ...

Pope Leo XIV has only been at the helm of the Catholic Church for a few weeks and there is already myriad false information ...

Pan-Africanists' behind viral deepfakes dey tout di junta ruler as example for African leaders, building on disappointment ...

A video purporting to show Pope Leo XIV reading a statement denouncing colonialism and praising the leader of Burkina Faso ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — At least 100 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces in March near the western town of ...

and fake information aimed at undermining social cohesion” in the West African country. Burkina Faso’s government and army did not immediately react to Monday’s report, which alleged that ...

The Vatican News site published the warning after a 36-minute “deep fake” —A.I.-generated—video of Pope Leo was posted on ...

Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore attends the Victory ... of images inducing hate and community violence, and fake information aimed at undermining social cohesion” in the country.