Love, deception and the real lives of Nigeria's romance fraudsters

Africa

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Issued on: 06/07/2026 - 22:28

15:16 min

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In tonight's edition, France pulls all of its diplomats out of Burkina Faso in a tit-for-tat move after Ougadougou cut ties with Paris last month. Also, in Tanzania, young people are planning on taking to the streets for an anti-government protest on Tuesday. And Lagos's Yahoo Boys are behind a lucrative but heartbreaking industry of online love scams:  after his mother was sucked in, journalist Carlos Barragan uncovered a complex and uncomfortable web of loneliness, deceit, and betrayal.

By:

Laurent BERSTECHER

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