"Espionne française" arrêtée au Burkina : une fake news pour nourrir le sentiment anti-occidental

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"Espionne française" arrêtée au Burkina : une fake news pour nourrir le sentiment anti-occidental  La désinformation anti-occidentale est omniprésente au Burkina Faso et dans l'ensemble du Sahel. Les analystes et les gouvernements affirment que les campagnes pro-russes sapent la stabilité.  LIRE L’ARTICLE : http://fr.euronews.com/2025/05/19/espionne-francaise-arretee-au-burkina-faso-une-fake-news-pour-nourrir-le-sentiment-anti-oc  Abonnez-vous à notre chaine. Euronews est disponible sur Dailymotion en 12 langues

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00:00No, Burkina Faso n'a pas arrêté un espionage français.

00:07A.I. generated videos falsely claiming a French woman

00:10was arrested for espionage in Burkina Faso

00:13have spread virally online.

00:15They claim to show Claire Dubois,

00:17a French NGO worker,

00:19being summoned and detained

00:21by Burkina Faso's leader, Ibrahim Traore.

00:24The original video planting the story

00:26was first published on YouTube

00:28with this disclaimer saying the story was a work of fiction.

00:32But that message has been removed

00:34in videos shared thousands of times

00:36on platforms such as TikTok, X and Facebook.

00:39This TikTok video was viewed over 2 million times.

00:42The fake news was then amplified by Russian state-sponsored media

00:45despite it being initially labelled as fictional.

00:48Four French diplomats were released in Burkina Faso

00:51after being arrested for espionage back in December.

00:54But there is no evidence to suggest

00:56similar arrests have been made since.

00:58Burkina Faso, along with neighbouring Niger and Mali in the Sahel

01:02are considered the epicenters

01:04of Russia's disinformation operations in Africa.

01:07Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's leader,

01:09is a staunch Russian ally

01:11and earlier this month

01:13travelled to Moscow to meet Putin

01:15during Victory Day celebrations.

01:17This is what he said in an interview

01:19with state-controlled media Russia Today.

01:21My biggest regret

01:23is to have spent a good part of my youth

01:26listening to radio like RFI, France 24.

01:30So you can participate a lot

01:32and wake up the awareness of youth

01:35so that people understand how the world works

01:37and not let them be surrounded by these people.

01:41Traore, who's just 37, has built mass support

01:44in Burkina Faso and beyond

01:46with anti-Western rhetoric

01:48particularly aimed at its former colonial ruler, France.

01:51Analysts say his popularity has been boosted

01:54by coordinated pro-Russian propaganda campaigns.

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