Ibrahim Traoré counts admirers from Nairobi to Jamaica and London. Russia is also courting him.

The overall social media presence of Traore amounts to a mix of facts, fiction and a rich imagination of fantasy and expectations, based on direct and indirect sources of information consulted by ...

With his counterinsurgency strategy only deepening Burkina Faso’s security crisis, Traore has turned to repressing anyone he views as a threat.

Since the beginning of May, a surge of music videos singing the praises of Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso's military leader, voiced by top English-speaking singers. These are deepfakes generated by ...

Capitaine Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's new president, attends the ceremony for the 35th anniversary of Thomas Sankaras assassination, in Ouagadougou, on October 15, 2022.

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

Without using protective equipment, Sadio Camara, a gold processor, vaporizes mercury to separate and retrieve gold at her home in the Kedougou region of Senegal on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

KEDOUGOU, Senegal (AP) — The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of the silvery liquid into a plastic bucket of ...

Sadio Camara, a gold processor, holds up a bag of mercury at her home in the Kedougou region of Senegal on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag) ...