Manipulations, intoxication, relief, these are some faces that disinformation in Cameroon regularly takes, weakening social cohesion and governance in this country in Central Africa. More than a year before the holding of the presidential elections of 2025, many civil society actors are already mobilizing against this threat in order to prevent and contain its consequences on the entire electoral process, like the Association for Integrated Development and Interactive Solidarity (ADISI).
In early August, the NGO wishes to organize a forum on electoral disinformation in Yaoundé, the country's capital, for journalists, bloggers, civil society actors and human rights activists. The objective is to better understand the contours of this threat represented by disinformation and sketch the bypass and struggle ways. Through sharing of experiences, training sessions, various exchanges, the NGO seeks to avoid the return of post-electoral tensions known during the last presidential election.
Since 2018, the rise in identity withdrawal has reached its peak, the hate speeches have come to their climax by intermediary social networks. Even today, the consequences are visible within Cameroonian society.
An initiative like this aims to increase the skills of journalists, bloggers and other influencers in terms of detection, struggle and awareness of the threat represented by disinformation. Adisi-Cameroon is an organization of civil society which is at the heart of the information professions and which encourages better governance of the latter. Created in 2010, this organization has 4 strategic axes on which it works:
👉🏿 Access to information and open data
👉🏿 Freedom of expression, press and data journalism
👉🏿 Digital Rights
👉🏿 Studies and research
Today, his notoriety is no longer to be demonstrated on these questions in Cameroon.
By Christian Essimi
