cover of episode Africa News Tonight: Aid Blockades Endanger People in Burkina Faso, AI Creates Election Worries, Namibia Fights Cancer with HPV Vaccine - March 19, 2024

Africa News Tonight: Aid Blockades Endanger People in Burkina Faso, AI Creates Election Worries, Namibia Fights Cancer with HPV Vaccine - March 19, 2024

2024/3/19
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Aid agencies say half a million people living under blockades in Burkina Faso find themselves without humanitarian assistance because of a lack of funding and severe operational constraints. Fake images on the internet have been a concern for some time, but with Artificial Intelligence making it so much easier to produce fakes, many observers worry how it will affect elections in several African nations this year. A top Namibian health official says the country is set to begin distributing the HPV vaccine to adolescent girls as a preventative measure against cervical cancer.