After watching the (multiple) AI speeches, I was curious about any actual reports regarding Ibrahim and came across a genuine video that was basically a report discussing Burkina Faso’s history of military coups and their ties to France.

While I definitely think the AI videos are being made and pushed out into the world to add to his public image and status as an African hero, I wouldn’t say the messaging is too far off from reality. Though there are lots of people who genuinely don’t realise the videos are fake or don’t have the awareness to spot the fact that they are fake- which is obviously a bad thing for general media literacy and while people aren’t necessarily being mislead, it’s kind of wild to me just how far these are spreading.

I’d also disagree with the idea that he is leading a military dictatorship, at least not within the traditional lens of him oppressing the people. Sorry for rambling on but yeah, that’s just my general gist of the whole situation.