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Oct 10, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
🧵👇 #Russian Telegram channel says the quiet part out loud following #BurkinaFaso coup 2.0.
Kremlin propaganda channels usually promote the narrative that Russia will help West Africa by fighting jihadists (via Wagner) and emancipating citizens from the French neocolonial state.
Nov 8, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Here is my analysis of what the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), #Sudan's paramilitary group, were doing to promote their image on social media just weeks before the military coup on October 25. 🧵👇medium.com/dfrlab/sudanes…
In September Facebook removed a network of 993 assets linked to the #RSF for violating their policy against "foreign or government interference." The assets were used to amplify pro-RSF content and support the group's leader, Hemeti. about.fb.com/wp-content/upl…