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Africa has a long history of fake news after years of living with non-truth

US President Donald Trump’s election and his disdain for the mainstream media has been seen by some as the triumph of post-truth politics.

Post-truth politics is a culture in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.

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