Why Are So Many Ghanaians Posting Lies, Misinformation & Fake News About Burkina Faso?

Thursday, 10 April 2025

By: TB Obwoge

Don't let the Kenyan maden name or surname fool you, I am a very proud Black American woman. I was called something very nasty by a Ghanaian, I was called a, "Typical, Angry, Black American Woman!" The Ghanaian that called me this is a friend and like a self loathing lunatic I still call him a friend to this day. Am I blinded by his fame, or what? I don't know but these words bothered me, I was not angry, mad, or upset when he called me this.

Here is the deal, I was not raised to be a liar, scammer or thief, I didn't have to, I was taught to ask for what I wanted or needed, like some people around the world. Others seem to be raised to lie, scam, cheat and steal, from everything dealing with realtionships, food, money anything.

This Ghanaian was lying to me and I said to him, I saw you and it was what it was, he then said those words to me and I've told him I will never forget it and I won't. I even plan to have tee shirts printed to sell with those same exact words. I want to prove that Ghana is no place to "return" but also that Ghanaians and many Africans are rasied on the same White Supremacy that racists in the United States are raised on.

The truth and facts are an insult, Black Americans are some how inferior trash because they are not like perfect Ghanaians or white people. Truth, there isn't even much truth floating around social media about life in Ghana, especially for the Black immigrants.

I posted a video which was about news of the rising crime in Ghana, when I Ghanaian posted a comment about me being from Burkina Faso, they spelled Burkina wrong and they didn't know what a person from Burkina Faso was called, they're called Burkinabé.

Ghanaians who run an NGO in Accra, Ghana call themselves pointing out the lack of free press, however they seem to ignore the suppression of the media in Ghana and decided to point fingers are Burkina Faso a cowardly act while Ghana's lack of free press is loud.

Here is more about the world's free press from a conference I attended at WHYY studios in Philadelphia. It shows that there is a decline in free press in several countries, Ghanaians love to point fingers at other countries but rarely take the time to report about their own backyards. Probably because they can't freely do so.

The fake news about Saudi Arabia offering to build 200 mosques in Burkina Faso has been shared widely by several Africans. However there is a page run by a Ghanaian that has over 250 thousand followers that keeps sharing this fake news on YouTube, TikTok and Facebook.

When I've reported the account Facebook and TikTok claim that there is no volation, even when I post the news from Burkina Faso's own news outlet that is telling the world that this story is a lie.

Another page run by a Ghanaian who happens to have several social media platforms under several different names, yet shares their Ghana phone number, with even an email account. This person has one account with over 100 thousand followers, where they post lies, fake news about Burkina Faso as well.

Also Captian Ibrahim Traore was not invited to the White House by Trump, there is a real guest list online and Trump couldn't point out Burkina Faso on a map if he tried his best.

Again from Eco Tours Ghana, another lie about welcoming back every disporian (they didn't post African diaspora which is probably done on purpose), Ghana isn't a welcoming country. Again I've also written about how many Black Africans are always blamed for all the crime in Ghana.

I have also written about many Ghanaians refusing to rent housing to Nigerians and other Black Africans in Ghana.

There was a post about Cap. Ibrahim Traore going to South Africa, this post was even traced back to a page run by a Ghanaian. In this video they took footage from Ghana, then proclaimed that it was in South Africa, they even created an AI photo of the Army soldier Traore, in a fake police outfit, the page ended up being run by a Ghanaian.

Another lie from a Ghanaian was the their new President Johm Mahama closed all U.S. military bases! Yes, you read this dumb comment correctly, how the Hell can a Ghanaian president close any U.S. military bases? He doesn't have that power, maybe they are talking about the U.S. military base that is reportedly on the tarmac of the Accra airport.

However there is no such truth to John Mahama doing anything of the sort.

I have many more videos and posts about this alarming trend and since Facebook has monitized it's platform in Ghana and Nigeria there are more fake news stories coming from both countries to gain followers.

©️TB Obwoge 2025 All Rights Reserved

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