This image shows the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans – not a recent flood in Khartoum

Published on 14/04/2021 at 10:00

Several Facebook posts featuring an image of a flood have been shared on Facebook claiming it shows the Nile river inundating the streets of Sudan’s capital Khartoum in September 2020. But the claim is false: the image shows the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005.

Ethiopian PM has not been banned from travelling over human rights violations

Published on 08/04/2021 at 13:25

Embassy denies that Russian leader ridiculed Ethiopia’s prime minister about rainfall technology

Published on 31/03/2021 at 12:45

The US Department of Defense did not announce an airstrike on Ethiopia

Updated on 25/03/2021 at 14:38

Facebook posts share misleading claims about IS suspects Lisa Smith and Shemima Begum

Published on 22/03/2021 at 09:55

Social media posts falsely claim that USAID found no evidence of a massacre in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Published on 18/03/2021 at 14:24

These photos show reenactments of torture methods reported by Falun Gong members

Published on 04/03/2021 at 16:45

British monarch's first visit to Ethiopia came 10 years after this photo was taken

Published on 24/02/2021 at 10:06

Images show a former church turned into a mosque in Hamburg, Germany

Published on 19/02/2021 at 16:35

The US embassy in Ethiopia did not suggest that jailed opposition leader would be released soon

Published on 12/02/2021 at 10:23

Bus crash pictured in online posts happened in 2019 – not 2021 – and claimed two lives

Published on 05/02/2021 at 14:53

Hoax posts falsely claim Ethiopian prime minister is either critically ill or dead

Published on 02/02/2021 at 17:07

Image shows former head of Rwanda's presidential guard being arrested, not a TPLF leader

Published on 18/12/2020 at 10:21

Photo of destroyed Libyan airport terminal used to portray Ethiopia clashes

Updated on 01/12/2020 at 17:25

Fictional movie scene shared to portray casualties in Ethiopia conflict

Published on 01/12/2020 at 16:44