Unrest in Niger Raises New Questions About Security in West Africa

Jul 27, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    14% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    25% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    26% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    24% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

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"Earlier in 2023, the European Union started a $30 million training program in Niger."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Touray recently told the United Nations that extremist fighting could move into Ghana and Ivory Coast if Niger loses western support."
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-36% Liberal
"Blinken aounced $150 million in aid while he was there."
Positive
20% Conservative
"U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, visited Niger in March."
Positive
4% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Earlier in 2023, the European Union started a $30 million training program in Niger.
32% : Touray recently told the United Nations that extremist fighting could move into Ghana and Ivory Coast if Niger loses western support.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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