Burkina Faso has reportedly launched into the production and laying of rails: this is what an influencer supporting the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) claims, sharing a video of the construction of a railway line on August 25. While the Burkinabe government has recently announced the creation of a rail manufacturing company, the video, filmed in Malaysia, has nothing to do with this decision.
Verification in brief
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This video is old and was already published in January 2024. It concerns the construction of a railway line in Malaysia as part of the Chinese New Silk Roads project.
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The Burkinabe authorities have announced the creation of a public rail manufacturing company, but this measure dates back less than three weeks and a period of one and a half years is planned for its implementation.
The verification in detail
The work already seems to be going well. As evidenced by a video published on August 25 showing workers busy building a railway line, Burkina Faso has started manufacturing and laying rails, several Internet users announced on Facebook.
The distribution of the video, shared by supporters of the Burkinabe transition president Ibrahim Traoré, appears to have been amplified by an influencer based in Dakar, Nõog SoabaThe influencer displays positions in favor of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a defensive pact signed between the military regimes that took power in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.
A video filmed in Malaysia
- Les Observateurs – France 24
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