# Love, deception and the real lives of Nigeria's romance fraudsters

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Podcast: [Eye on Africa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/eye-on-africa-3737193)
Published: 2026-07-06T20:28:52+00:00
Episode link: https://www.france24.com/en/love-deception-and-the-real-lives-of-nigeria-s-romance-fraudsters?GJlXzGgqHj
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In this edition: France pulls all its diplomats out of Burkina Faso in a tit-for-tat move after Ougadougou cut ties with Paris last month. Also, in Tanzania, young people are planning on taking to the streets for an anti-government protest on Tuesday. And Lagos's Yahoo Boys are behind a lucrative but heartbreaking industry of online love scams. After his mother was sucked in, journalist Carlos Barragan uncovered a complex and uncomfortable web of loneliness, deceit and betrayal.

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