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What is the ‘African Initiative’?

The Russian media organisation with offices in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso - has organised sporting and cultural events and paid for African journalists to visit Ukraine.

You may not have heard of the African Initiative before


It’s a Russian media organisation - established exactly a year ago – which defines itself as an “information bridge between Russia and Africa”. It has offices in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

But it also stands accused of targeting African journalists - and the public - with disinformation.

So what is the end goal for Russia’s African Initiative?

Presenter: Alan Kasujja
Guests: Fauziyya Tukur of the ±«Óătv’s global disinformation team, and foreign affairs expert, Raymond Mujuni.

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