Coup in Burkina Faso: beware of the fake
By France24
30 January 2022 |
2:55 pm
Old images of the 2014 uprising in Burkina Faso are being widely shared on social media, falsely presented as footage of the current coup in the country. We show you some examples in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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