Claim Being Checked
A widely circulated video on social media claims that Burkina Faso’s president, Ibrahim Traore is transforming the country with various development projects, including the construction of low-cost houses. The video has gained a significant reach on Facebook and YouTube, with over 2 million views.
Verification
To verify this claim, we analyzed the video published by The International Ark, a page with 113,000 followers. At the time of verification, the video had 2.8 million views, 60.9 thousand reactions, 2,600 comments, and 7,900 shares. Dikoding Deception also anlayzed the video posted on YouTube by ERIC TV GH.
Using tools such as InVid, along with Google and Yandex reverse image search, we analyzed the key frames from the video. Our verification revealed that the construction site shown is in Algeria, not Burkina Faso, as claimed in the viral video.
Conclusion
The claim is FALSE!
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