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Coronavirus in Nigeria: The False 5G Claims and other Claims to Ignore

CDD
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Lecosysteme des Fausses Informations au Burkina faso: Une D'ensemble/ Burkina Faso's Fake News Ecosystem: An Overview

As is the case in other countries, false information is now an integral part of the information flow ecosystem in Burkina Faso. This false information rubs shoulders with true information in a context marked by the development of digital social networks and the internet in general.
Sampala Balima
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Regional Strategy Meeting on Enhancing Traditional Justice in Traditional Justice Process in the ECOWAS Region

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa), in collaboration with the Department of Political Affairs of the ECOWAS Commission, organised a regional strategic meeting on ‘Enhancing Traditional Justice Mechanisms in Transitional Justice Process in the ECOWAS Region’ from 27 to 28 January 2022 in Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
CDD
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Lecosysteme des Fausses Information au Benin: Une Vue D'ensemble/ Benin's Fake News Ecosystem: An Overview

The spread of false news or infox, known as ''fake news'' in the Anglo-Saxon world, has taken on a worrying and devastating scale in Benin over the last decade. The surge in the circulation of fake news has coincided with the increase in internet penetration, the growth of mobile internet and the emergence of social networks.
Leonce Gamai
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Multiple Nodes, Common Causes: National Stock take of Contemporary Insecurity and State Responses in Nigeria

The Nigerian body politic faces a seeming epidemic of insecurity spanning jihadist insurgency, criminal banditry, farmer-herder conflicts, and violent separatist agitations. While governmental responses have overwhelming followed a militarised path to resolving these multifaceted conflicts, such interventions do not appear to have substantially diminished insecurity.
CDD, Idayat Hassan
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Requiem for Democracy? Interrogating Democracy Decline in West Africa

Democracy in West Africa, and Africa in general, has been on a worrying decline in the last five years. The democracy index of the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) shows that democracy declined globally in 2019. The average score for Africa fell from 4.36 in 2018 to 4.26 in 2019, its worst score in over a decade.
Udo Jude Ilo
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Cabe Verde's Fake News Ecosystem: An Overview

his study, which draws on 16 key informant interviews with academics, journalists, lawyers and social media users and an extensive review of relevant reports, documents and social media posts, provides one of the first comprehensive overviews of the, increasingly digital, information eco-system in Cabo Verde.
Aleida Cristina Mendes Borges
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Lecosysteme des Fausses Informations au Senegal: Une vue D'ensemble/ Senegal's Fake News Ecosystem: An Overview

As is the case in several countries, false information is gaining ground in the public space in Senegal. The phenomenon itself is not new, but it is now accentuated and popularised with the advent of social networks and other digital platforms.
Samba Dialimpa Badji
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Guinea Bissau's Fake News Ecosystem: An Overview

Misinformation involves the spread of falsehoods without a deliberate attempt to mislead whilst disinformation is manipulated narrative or facts— propaganda deliberately intended to mislead. Both occur in Guinea-Bissau, with the recent Covid-19 pandemic bringing significant attention to the use of social media platforms and messaging applications for that end. T
Nayanka Paquete Perdigao
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Nigeria's Fake News Ecosystem: An Overview

Fake news is not a new phenomenon in Nigeria. Historically, peddlers of disinformation were popularly referred to as “radio without battery”, with fake news a weapon in Nigeria’s civil war (1967- 1970). Today in Nigeria’s southeast, fake news peddlers are given the moniker of ‘Okokon Dems’
Idayat Hassan
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Ghana's Fake News Ecosystem: An Overview

This report explores Ghana’s fake news ecosystem examining key actors in the online and offline space and the origins of their authority; key online information platforms and the interaction between offline media and non-media structures that shape information flows and gender dynamics.
Ernest Armah
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Niger's Fake News Ecosystem: An Overview

Niger’s first private media entities emerged in the 1990s following the fall of the single party and military era. However, the birth of private media did not lead to a free and independent media. A bipolar media system quickly took shape, with public media tending to support the ruling party and private media siding with the opposition.
Dr. Lassane Ouedraogo
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Human Right Guidebook

In an attempt to address the needs of local human rights groups, this guidebook has been composed to guide local actors on the basic principles and best practices of upholding human rights. It is written for all those who put their lives on the line in their work to monitor, document, report and publicize human rights violations.
CDD
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Mali's Fake News Ecosystem: An Overview

This study aims to better understand key facets of the ecosystem of fake news in Mali. It argues that the deteriorated political context in the country has facilitated the proliferation of fake news. The Malian fake news ecosystem is also thriving in the traditional media which is dominated by the political and economic elite who sponsor narratives to serve their own ends.
Dr. Lassane Ouedraogo
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Sierra Leone's Fake News Econsystems: An Overview

In January 2020 internet penetration in Sierra Leone was 25% and there were an estimated 700,000 active social media users, with Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp the most used applications. These new media platforms act as both sources and enablers of fake news.
Francis Sowa
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Democracy and Development: Journal of West Africa Affairs, Vol 5 No.3: Endsars and Beyond- Protests, Politics, and the Public Sphere

The four papers in this issue address the themes of youth participation in the protests, the use, power, and increasing importance of social media, and the ticklish question of the utility of violence. The first article by Akinyetun Tope Shola “Social Media, Youth Participation and Activism:
CDD
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Cote D'Ivoire's Fake News Ecosystem: An Overwiew

This report argues that fake news in Cote d'Ivoire is a predominantly political phenomenon and that it poses a considerable threat to political stability. Falsehoods in Cote d'Ivoire spread most rapidly on social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp
Jessica Moody
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Les Medias en Afriques de L'ouest / The Media in West Africa

This special issue of West Africa Insight reflects on the challenges facing the media industry and offers some initial thoughts on how to overcome them. Mercy Abang looks at ways in which the Nigerian media can develop more sustainable and less dependent business models, without compromising independence and quality of production.
CDD
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Nigeria: Women and Electoral Politics in 2023- Charting the way Forward

As Nigeria enters a new general election season — with political parties already conducting local congresses ahead of primaries next year— what prospects lie ahead for Nigerian women interested in seeking political leadership positions?
CDD
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20 Years of Anti-Corruption Efforts in Nigeria: A Critical Look

Corruption in Nigeria is ubiquitous and takes many forms: from massive contract fraud to petty bribery; from straight-up embezzlement to complicated money laundering schemes. Just six years after independence, the country experienced its first military coup that ousted out the elected officials of the first republic.
CDD
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