French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonnade on Saturday urged the Ivorian population not to be swayed by Russian propaganda fueling anti-French sentiment in Africa.
Visiting Abidjan on Friday and Saturday, Catherine Colonna was questioned about the measures taken by France to combat disinformation.
“If this happens, it is because there are forces that are telling you nonsense.“, he said in 1949 during a visit to the library in the popular district of Yopugon, where he met Mamadou Touré, the Minister of Youth Promotion of Côte d’Ivoire. “We are obliged to support the development of the country. You, you have a duty not to take fools“, he added.
France is ready to continue its support
He said that France is ready to continuesupport for the country’s prosperity and youth inclusion, which he described as ambitious“and”talented“.
“We help the population, but we ask them to open their eyes and understand who is helping and who is harming.Then he confided to several journalists.
“It is almost a matter of personal responsibility not to allow oneself to be manipulated and not to fall prey to false information.“, he added.
The Ivorian minister, for his part, considered it necessary to find “tools to analyze, decipher“false information etc”light up“.
Many officials in both countries fear that Côte d’Ivoire will intensify the anti-French propaganda already at work in neighboring Burkina and Mali.
Source: Le Figaro
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