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Nigeria elections: social media disinformation ‘widespread’

Political parties are paying influencers to spread disinformation.

A Âé¶¹Éç investigation has discovered that political parties in Nigeria are secretly paying social media influencers to spread disinformation about their opponents ahead of general elections in February.

Kenya’s latest health survey shows there has been a dramatic fall in the birth rate over the last thirty years.

We look at the legacy of Gambia’s vice president Alieu Badara Joof who died in India on Tuesday after a short illness.

And DJ Edu speaks to Chef 197, one of Zambia’s most popular hip hop artists about his new music.

(Credit: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images).

51 minutes

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Wed 18 Jan 2023 17:06GMT

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