AFP Fact Check
AFP Fact Check
Languages

No, Zimbabwe was not evicted from its London embassy -- it owns the building

AFP South Africa, Tendai Dube Published on Thursday 17 October 2019 at 17:21
An image widely shared on social media shows furniture piled outside Zimbabwe’s London embassy, alongside claims that the government has been kicked out of the offices for failing to pay rent. This is false; Zimbabwe’s government owns the building and therefore cannot be evicted. Officials confirmed that the embassy had thrown out office furniture as part of a general “cleaning exercise”.
Read more

This video actually shows Typhoon Jebi hitting Osaka, Japan in 2018

AFP Thailand Published on Thursday 17 October 2019 at 10:00
A video of a truck being blown onto its side during a storm has been viewed millions of times in Facebook, Twitter and YouTube posts which claim it shows Typhoon Hagibis hitting Japan in October 2019. The claim is false; the video has circulated since at least September 2018 in media reports about a truck being knocked over by high winds as Typhoon Jebi hit the Japanese city of Osaka.
Read more

This photo shows football fans in Paris on the day France won the 2018 FIFA World Cup

AFP Sri Lanka Published on Wednesday 16 October 2019 at 01:12Updated on Wednesday 16 October 2019 at 01:12
An image of a large crowd has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook that claim it shows a rally held by a presidential poll candidate in North Central Sri Lanka. The claim is false; the image shows football fans who gathered in Paris in July 2018, on the day France won the FIFA World Cup.
Read more
AFP / Pius Utomi Ekpei

Social media abuzz in Nigeria over supposed presidential wedding. Here is what we know.

AFP Nigeria, Mayowa Tijani Published on Tuesday 15 October 2019 at 17:54
 A viral story that has spread in Nigeria claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari was set to get married to the minister of humanitarian affairs on Friday October 11 at the central mosque in the capital Abuja. While some Nigerians reacted to the rumours as a joke, others appeared to treat them more seriously. They came on the back of speculation in the local media about the absence of the president’s wife Aisha Buhari  from Nigeria.
Read more