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Corbeau News Centrafrique

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Corbeau News Centrafrique
Logo of Corbeau News
FormatOnline website
Editor"Alain Nzilo"
FoundedJune 2014
HeadquartersMontreal?[1]
Websitecorbeaunews-centrafrique.org

Corbeau News Centrafrique, abbreviated CNC, is a French-language news site from the Central African Republic.

The website was created in June 2014 by "Alain Nzilo", a journalist from the Central African Republic. The site employs multiple reporters in different provinces of the country. The site has been noted for consistent anti-Touadéra and inconsistent[2] anti-Russian sentiment, including frequent negative coverage of the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic.[3]

Editor

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Despite the CNN styled logo, the CNC is not affiliated. The website's owner and sole reporter, "Alain Nzilo", was alleged by a Le Méridien investigation to be a pseudonym of rival politician Bienvenu Patric Rebaile Dalemet,[1] head of the Mouvement pour la Démocratie et l’Evolution Sociale since 2003.[4][5]

History

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The site owner was reportedly contacted by Russian paramilitaries with the aim of changing his editorial policies.[6]

The Russian embassy in the country has labelled the station as "anti-Russian propaganda".[7]

Reach

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As of February 2021 the site has been blocked by the Central African government for publishing "fake news" during a security crisis (the Central African Republic Civil War).[8]

In January 2022, the website was viewed about 66,000 times, 30% of its traffic coming from the USA, 23% from Ethiopia, 16% from France, 10% from Belgium, 9% from Norway and so on. The website's content was also shared through two Facebook channels.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Souleymane 2024.
  2. ^ LN 2024.
  3. ^ a b ANCIR iLAB 2022.
  4. ^ Rebaile Dalemet 2011.
  5. ^ Souleymane 2025.
  6. ^ RSF decries arbitrary blocking of two CAR news websites, Reporters Without Borders
  7. ^ Friend or foe? How the central African Republic’s media reports on Russia, 13 January 2022
  8. ^ DP Staff 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Touré, Souleymane (2024-11-05). "Le site d'information en ligne Corbeau News Centrafrique est démasquée". Journal de Bangui (in French). Archived from the original on 2024-11-21.
  • LN (December 2024). "Fake News: CAR's Corbeau News Centrafrique Faces Backlash". Leadership. Archived from the original on 2024-11-05.
  • DP Staff (2024-10-21). "The publication of fake news led to the blocking of the Corbeau News Centrafrique Facebook page". Daily Post. Archived from the original on 2024-10-21.
  • Touré, Souleymane (2024-02-11). ""L'Occident finance l'édition Corbeau News Centrafrique, qui diffuse des fake news" (Souleymane Touré)". Burkina24 (in French). Archived from the original on 2024-11-22.
  • ANCIR iLAB (2022-01-13). "Friend or foe? How the Central African Republic's media reports on Russia". Medium. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20.
  • Rebaile Dalemet, Bienvenu Patric (2011-08-29). "Mouvement pour la Démocratie et l'Evolution Sociale". MDES Centrafrique (in French). Archived from the original on 2025-04-16.
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