African Stream, the popular online news outlet that presents itself as an independent, pan-African media organisation focused on giving a voice to Africans, is actually run as part of a Russian scheme attempting to exert influence in both Africa and the US. That’s according to a new study published by the Stanford Cyber Policy Centre, which began digging into the outlet following a public announced by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who claimed that African Stream is secretly run by the Kremlin-funded RT as part of a covert Russian influence operation. “RT also secretly runs the online …