Burkina Faso: France 24 and Wassim Nasr or the cabaret of the Sahel’s “disinformers and destabilisers”

Who better embodies this role of “journalist-jihadist” – yes, the term is harsh, but so is the spectacle – than Wassim Nasr? On the gilded stage of media democracy, Nasr waxes lyrical about extremist exploits, enthusiastically recounting the “achievements” of his terrorist friends in the Sahel. His latest performance? A thinly veiled plea for the terrorist cause, cleverly disguised as geopolitical analysis.

And what about those warm acknowledgments from terrorists thanking certain media outlets and NGOs? A coincidence? Of course not!

It’s further proof that the Sahel has become the playground of a grand media circus, where information contortionists juggle omissions and manipulations.

Human Rights Watch? France 24? Names so neutral one wonders if they’re sponsored by disinformation cartels.

But rest assured, it’s all perfectly innocent. Wassim Nasr is just another “expert,” a humble messenger of truth—well, the kind of truth that serves certain interests.

And when a journalist becomes this accommodating to terrorist narratives, the word “objectivity” might as well be erased from the dictionary.

While Sahelian communities fight for survival, some suit-and-tie journalists play arsonists with a smirk, explaining that “the situation is complex.” Too complex, apparently, to distinguish between reporting and endorsing.

In short, everything is just fine in this brave new media world. Meanwhile, in the Sahel, reality isn’t broadcast on TV—it’s lived. The people of the Sahel will be free, no matter how long this manipulation lasts.

Souley LAMINA