Adebayo Emmanuel Korede
The need to give massive support to Media organisations to end the monster of fake news and misinformation in the African Continent has been advocated.
This was the position of an Egypt based Journalist, Mr. Ahmed Embaby at the ongoing training for Young African Journalists organised by the Union of African Journalists (UAJ) in partnership with the Supreme Council for Media Relation holding in Cairo.
Mr. Embaby, a Deputy Editor-in-chief with Rosal Youssef and a Political Researcher on African Affairs, said to effectively fight the scourge of the monster of Fake News and Misinformation, the African Union (AU) must give the Media the support needed to nip the challenge in the bud.
According to him, Africa is the Western World target for Fake News and Misinformation, hence the need to disabuse it in its entirety.
He pointed out that the New Media especially Social Media has been used to promote Fake News, saying it is the responsibility of Journalists to provide contents that will fight the problem.
Mr. Embaby maintained that conflicts in some African countries and Military Coup have brought set back to Continent.
He pointed out that apart from terrorism, climate change and economic challenges, the Russia-Ukraine crisis has led to a 40% rise in the price of food items in Africa.
