Corbeau News Centrafrique

Corbeau News Centrafrique
Logo of Corbeau News
FormatOnline website
Editor"Alain Nzilo"
FoundedJune 2014
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.[1] Corbeau News is considered to be independent news media by the Foreign Policy Research Institute.[2] Stanford University and the BBC also consider it a reliable source. [3][4]

History

The site owner was reportedly contacted by Russian paramilitaries with the aim of changing his editorial policies.[5]

The Russian embassy in the country has labelled the station as "anti-Russian propaganda".[6]

As of February 2021 the site has been blocked by the Central African government for publishing "fake news" during the Central African Republic Civil War.[7] Reporters Without Borders condemned the blocking of the site and called for the news sites to be restored.[5]

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.[6]

Publisher

The website's publisher and Editor-in-Chief, "Alain Nzilo",[8] which is a pseudonym for Bienvenu Patric Rebaile Dalement an assistant researcher at the University of Quebec[9] He was the head of the Mouvement pour la Démocratie et l’Evolution Sociale opposition party which was established in 2003.[10] Le Meridien investigation accused Corbeau News for consistent anti-Touadéra views.[11] According to an ANCIR Labs investigation Corbeau News "proactively publishes articles to highlight the atrocities committed by Russian mercenaries in the country".[6].

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CAR". Media Landscapes. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Burkina Faso: The World's Disinformation Lab is an International Security Disaster - Foreign Policy Research Institute". Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Fung, Karen. "Guides: Central African Republic News and Newspapers, Centrafrique Actualités: Central African Republic News and Newspapers". guides.library.stanford.edu. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Central African Republic media guide". BBC News. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  5. 1 2 RSF decries arbitrary blocking of two CAR news websites, Reporters Without Borders
  6. 1 2 3 ANCIR iLAB 2022.
  7. ↑ "Centrafrique: RSF dénonce la suspension arbitraire de deux sites d'information". Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Central African Republic". Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Media Landscapes". Media Landscapes. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  10. ↑ Rebaile Dalemet 2011.
  11. ↑ LN 2024.

Bibliography

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