Euroverify: Un bulo sobre la detención de una espía francesa en Burkina Faso se hace viral en la web

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Euroverify: Un bulo sobre la detención de una espía francesa en Burkina Faso se hace viral en la web  La desinformación antioccidental está muy extendida en Burkina Faso y el Sahel. Analistas y gobiernos afirman que las campañas prorrusas están socavando la estabilidad.  MÁS INFORMACIÓN : http://es.euronews.com/2025/05/19/euroverify-un-bulo-sobre-la-detencion-de-una-espia-francesa-en-burkina-faso-se-hace-viral-  ¡Suscríbete a nuestro canal! Euronews está disponible en 12 idiomas

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00:00No, Burkina Faso has no arrestado a French spy.

00:06AI-generated videos falsely claiming a French woman was arrested for espionage in Burkina Faso

00:13have spread virally online.

00:15They claim to show Claire Dubois, a French NGO worker,

00:19being summoned and detained by Burkina Faso's leader, Ibrahim Traore.

00:24The original video planting the story was first published on YouTube with this disclaimer,

00:29saying the story was a work of fiction.

00:32But that message has been removed in videos shared thousands of times

00:36on platforms such as TikTok, X and Facebook.

00:38This TikTok video was viewed over 2 million times.

00:42The fake news was then amplified by Russian state-sponsored media,

00:45despite it being initially labelled as fictional.

00:48Four French diplomats were released in Burkina Faso

00:51after being arrested for espionage back in December,

00:54but there is no evidence to suggest similar arrests have been made since.

00:58Burkina Faso, along with neighbouring Niger al-Mali in the Sahel,

01:02are considered the epicenters of Russia's disinformation operations in Africa.

01:07Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's leader, is a staunch Russian ally

01:11and earlier this month travelled to Moscow to meet Putin during Victory Day celebrations.

01:17This is what he said in an interview with state-controlled media Russia Today.

01:21Traore, who's just 37, has built mass support in Burkina Faso and beyond

01:46with anti-Western rhetoric, particularly aimed at its former colonial ruler, France.

01:51Analysts say his popularity has been boosted

01:54by coordinated pro-Russian propaganda campaigns.

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