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Africa News Tonight: South Africa vote results trickle in, African economies fight barriers, expert warns of AI election disinformation


Africa News Tonight: South Africa vote results trickle in, African economies fight barriers, expert warns of AI election disinformation
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Results are trickling in from yesterday's South Africa election after a robust voter turnout. Africa has what it takes to transform its economies but faces rigid barriers including a unfriendly global financial architecture, say leaders who gathered this week for the Africa Development Bank’s annual summit. U.S. officials and cyber experts say Russia is already spreading disinformation ahead of the US election, using fake online accounts and bots to hurt candidates, and one expert says not enough is being done to fight the threat.

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