WA FM
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COMBATTING DISINFORMATION
COTE D'IVOIRE
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It was with the dual aim of combatting fake news and amplifying public information messages designed to limit Covid-19’s spread that Israël Guébo, a journalist and founder of the African Media Institute, launched the web radio WA FM in late March, so-called in reference to WhatsApp, which is increasingly popular in Côte d’Ivoire and which WA FM mostly uses to transmit its messages. It also uses Facebook and Twitter.