Corbeau News Centrafrique

Corbeau News Centrafrique, abbreviated CNC, is a French-language news site from the Central African Republic.
The website was created in June 2014 by "Alain Nzilo", a journalist from the Central African Republic. The site employs multiple reporters in different provinces of the country. The site has been noted for consistent anti-Touadéra and inconsistent anti-Russian sentiment, including frequent negative coverage of the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic.

Editor

Despite the CNN styled logo, the CNC is not affiliated. The website's owner and sole reporter, "Alain Nzilo", was alleged by a Le Méridien investigation to be a pseudonym of rival politician Bienvenu Patric Rebaile Dalemet, head of the Mouvement pour la Démocratie et l’Evolution Sociale since 2003.

History

The site owner was reportedly contacted by Russian paramilitaries with the aim of changing his editorial policies.
The Russian embassy in the country has labelled the station as "anti-Russian propaganda".

Reach

As of February 2021 the site has been blocked by the Central African government for publishing "fake news" during a security crisis.
In January 2022, the website was viewed about 66,000 times, 30% of its traffic coming from the USA, 23% from Ethiopia, 16% from France, 10% from Belgium, 9% from Norway and so on. The website's content was also shared through two Facebook channels.