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Kenya's toxic masculinity influencers

BBC Eye investigates the new generation of masculinity influencers building massive online audiences. And, what is behind Sonko and Faye fallout in Senegal?

BBC Global Disinformation reporter Jacqui Wakefield has spent a year examining the rise of two of the most influential manosphere figures. In Kenya, she met Andrew Kibe who has millions of followers online and offline. We hear how these individuals have built massive online audiences and the lucrative business behind it all.

And a look at how the political fallout between Senegal's former Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and President Bassirou Diomaye Faye means for the West African country.

Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna
Producers: Bella Twine, Keikantse Shumba, Blessing Aderogba and Helen Oyibo
Senior Producer: Charles Gitonga
Technical Producer: Jonathan Mwangi
Editors: Priya Sippy and Maryam Abdalla

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