France, Oct. 17 -- Online disinformation from at home and abroad is ringing alarm bells asCote d'Ivoire prepares to vote in a presidential election next week.Media experts in Abidjan told RFI about the struggle to keep fake news from disrupting a key vote.

Ahead of polls on 25 October, concern has been raised about false narratives spreading on social media, including AI-generated content. Some claim violence at protests, others unfair campaigning.

"On digital social networks, particularly TikTok, there are a lot of rumours and misinformation circulating about possible violence and forms of destabilisation that might take place or are currently taking place," saysJoel Djaha, a sociology PhD student atFelix Houphouet-Boigny University in...