This image was taken in India and has circulated online since at least 2013

Published on 08/03/2021 at 14:48

An image of cattle eating from a mound of discarded tomatoes on the roadside is circulating on social media with claims that it shows wasted produce after Nigerian food traders blocked supplies from the country’s north to the south. But this is false: AFP Fact Check found that the photo has been circulating since at least 2013 and was taken in India.

The photo shows a computer-generated image, not an actual picture of three planets viewed from Mars

Published on 03/03/2021 at 12:47

Picture showing arrest of suspected bank robbers in Nigeria is from 2016

Published on 02/03/2021 at 14:00

This photo is not of World Trade Organization Director-General as a child

Published on 25/02/2021 at 12:59

AFP photo from 2018 circulates in misleading posts about unrest in Nigeria’s southeast region

Published on 23/02/2021 at 09:15

Students kidnapped from secondary school in northern Nigeria still held in captivity

Published on 19/02/2021 at 16:19

Beware of fake websites claiming to give out Covid-19 aid on behalf of Nigeria's government

Published on 19/02/2021 at 14:50

The video clip shows a church group performing a street play, not a real couple fighting

Published on 18/02/2021 at 17:14

This image was taken in 2016 during an enforcement campaign against jaywalking in Nigeria

Published on 17/02/2021 at 16:02

Sun image was shot by an astrophotographer, not NASA solar probe — and it is not the closest ever

Published on 17/02/2021 at 13:32

Nigeria was not on shortlist for first batch of COVAX-sponsored Pfizer vaccines, still eligible for others

Published on 13/02/2021 at 12:20

Picture of scalp does not show "Gorilla Glue girl" after hair drama

Published on 11/02/2021 at 15:09

Photo does not show a common Norwegian practice, but rather one woman’s quest to offload extra apples

Published on 11/02/2021 at 09:57

Alleged tweet by Nigerian opposition party vowing not to steal again is a hoax

Published on 09/02/2021 at 17:45

Children of billionaire philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates have all been vaccinated

Published on 08/02/2021 at 17:57