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In May, Malalda Markoo wakes messages from friends living abroad in question if he is safe in Abidjan, the largest Ivory Coast city.

Social media is full of posts claiming to have begun a coup. The dramatic footage of soldiers on the platforms of street size, while AI led by AI and led to lead to millions of youtube.

“I was very worried, I was very worried, I thought something happened,” BBC management consultant told.

But claims shared by 19 can be false.

They are the latest examples of false rumors spreading at West Africa’s coups, increasing tenses in a region that has seen many military years in recent years.

Ivory Coast, one of some French-speaking countries is still intimacy in the West, due to holding elements later this year.

Experts believe that can be an additional target for this type of disinformation in accounts that attack the electoral process.

Because Ivorian President Alane Ouattarra, asking for a fourth term, seen Pro-Western – and his critics accused him of aligning the continent.

The Ivory Coast Amadou Coulibaly minisation tells the BBC they tracked the beginning of fake information in “neighboring countries”, but did not take place.

Rumors that produce from a rift with Burkina Faso and promoted to a growing wave of personal Africanist self-influences.

They rejected western relationships, often express support for Russia and created continent conversations – reach countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa.

Influencies also emphasize numbers such as Burkina Faso military leader Postor Traoré, who has gained power over 2022.

Traoré describes himself as a African-pan and has a lot of real support from the young on the continent, who see him as a leader standing in the west.

Alex Vines, the director of African program of Chatham House Mind, says that influences have been striving for political trust, to lose political trust, which is relied on political trust by spreading In political relationships, political confidence will disappear by spreading politics to spread current institutions.

They “found an avid market of readers who wanted to see more African spokes, who had developed and carried the peace and prosperity”, he told the BBC.

While the analysts suggest ivory coast gossips have similar attributes of a Russian-backed campaign, no evidence of Russian involvement.

The country is associated to influence the operations of France speakers in West African countries before. According to The US Department of African Department in the US for strategic studies The disinformation networks connected to the Russian Wagner Group tried to spark the gossip of a niger coup in 2023.

Burkinabé’s authorities have also been involved in the rumors of the ivory people people based in the people who raised claims.

Relationships between Burkina Faso and Ivory Coaster were severely experienced for more than a year later, when Troré accused military groups in the Maintneys and discussions that were apparently insulting his junta.

After April, his Security Minister The Ivory Coast plotters are broken For the planning of the falling of Traoré – an accusation of widely extended online.

The BBC’s disinformation unit global analysis in reference to IVerouna’s fake coupes, a pro-Governet is active by ninety tiktoko owners close to his 200,000 ticks to Tiktoko

He posted a selfie video in French and Mooré, a local language, saying that the Ivory Coast soldiers had to get up to make a coup and encouraging people to share his post.

One hour ago he published a video with an Ivorian President Alane Onattara’s image started with a caphid a captain of a cap in the capaber of coffee-pakistan tensions in Kashmir.

The next day, social media users outside Francophone West Africa have indulging in the wrong information in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa who encouraged social media users.

When the BBC’s light was mr Sawadogo a few weeks ago, by posting his live videos, where he gave details but he replied to a couped d’etat. “

Another riding news, posting English, was born in South Africa Mehmet Vefa Dag, running the truth and powerful political advance to South Africa.

He posted a lot of a different platforms celebrating his so-called “internal coup”.

Indeed Mr Dag, previously criticized in the past due to false and false comments against Jews and LGBTQ + people, asking for a Kudo on the Ivory Coast on X on 11 May.

When contacted by the BBC on 3 June, if clearly no Karitar, he insists it happened.

“We are so proud of anyone who does this coup to get the oawa. He sells his soul to the imperialists and wants to destroy the Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger,” he said.

“As some Africa we will never give them a chance again. We will fight for our country. This is our continent.”

The most famous YouTube videos about the accused of Ivory Coast, viewed in millions, often dedicated to pan-afericism or discussions about Burkina Faso’s leader.

According to Effiong Udo, an Associate Professor of Uyo and President of Paneria Paner Dialogue, Opportunist Influences Out of Consciousness – To improve the continent – to improve living – to improve living

But he told the BBC that this kind of content appealed to the political youth, increased: “I understand their greatness.”

Kenyan Academic Kanyonaona has agreed that social media content feeds on accountable leaders who can change Africa, unrighteous resources and attempt to raise people from poverty.

“But people who seek to provide mischievous information and disinformation on the Faso of Burkina Faso, or a Coup of Ivory Professor of Navorobi studies in the development of the study of BBC.

No doubt Traoré has many admires and for the creators in the room he is the story of today – anything linked to him and his political world is very good online.

Kenyan Youtuber Godfrey Otieno, producing content with news news, saying that he fell into this winning formula for several months ago he was shot dead by his best friend.

“That’s true,” he told the BBC – and since he had all about the leader of Burkinabé.

He is one of those who repeat the unspecified information about the Ivory Coast in May and his video has gained more than 200,000 views. He later apologized and said he had sinned.

He admitted that he had earned money from some of his room, but increased he did not stop all his posts and unlike “pan-africa influences.

“There are people in the space using the wrong info and disinformation to move their reach, and for farming farming,” he said.

There is true interest in this content and the comments under fake robe videos are always positive, with reflection of an appetite to change the continent.

But calling the Ivory Coast’s government is caused by real anxiety for those who live on the crosses – and it allows tensions like increasing tensions as West Africa states for the vote in October.

Additional Nicolas Nicolas Report to BBC