At a moment when truth is often the first casualty of war, the simple act of telling one’s story clearly becomes a form of survival. That idea was at the heart of a special session held during the Baku Culture and Media Dialogue Platform, a gathering designed to bring together journalists, thinkers, diplomats, and cultural voices from across the world. Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, spoke in a session called “The Language of Peace and Combating Disinformation.” His words were not abstract. They came from…

Disinformation thrives in the spaces where people already feel uncertain, and nowhere is this more evident than in Nigeria’s bustling information landscape. With its massive population, youthful energy, and one of the most active social media spheres on the continent, the country holds enormous potential for democratic participation—and, at the same time, enormous vulnerability to manipulation. The Interactive Media Seminar for Electoral Integrity, a capacity-building initiative designed specifically for Wikimedia editors, was born out of this reality. Organized against the backdrop of a critical election cycle in Nigeria, the seminar sought to do more than lecture volunteers about the dangers…