Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
African elections; South African 2024 elections; Burkina Faso post-2022 coup deepfake (Feb 2025)
AI-generated disinformation campaigns, including deepfakes and manipulated audio, were used to undermine electoral authorities and processes in African elections. In South Africa's 2024 election, a deepfake video of…
- Incident date
- Feb 2025
- Target
- African elections; South African 2024 elections; Burkina Faso post-2022 coup
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
AI-generated disinformation campaigns, including deepfakes and manipulated audio, were used to undermine electoral authorities and processes in African elections. In South Africa's 2024 election, a deepfake video of Donald Trump endorsing the Umkhonto we Sizwe party was widely shared. In Burkina Faso after the 2022 coup, AI-generated videos using Synthesia urged support for the military junta, possibly linked to the Wagner Group. These videos circulated on Facebook and WhatsApp.