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Charlotte Mason

Fact-checking journalist in France

No, this photo does not show a Zambian nurse who swapped thousands of babies

Published on 10 April 2019 at 16:00Updated on 12 April 2019 at 10:01

Articles shared thousands of times on Facebook claim a Zambian nurse named Elizabeth Mwewa swapped around 5,000 babies “for fun” in a maternity ward in Lusaka. The claim is false; the General Nursing Council of Zambia says she doesn’t exist.

This video of washed up bodies dates to 2014 in Libya and not the recent cyclone in Mozambique or last year's tsunami in Palu

Published on 5 April 2019 at 09:49Updated on 5 April 2019 at 10:38

A video viewed thousands of times on Facebook and YouTube claims to show victims of Cyclone Idai, which hit Mozambique in March. This is false; the video actually shows drowned migrants off the coast of Libya in 2014.

Nigeria, Kenya or Cameroon? No, this child was photographed drinking dirty water in Ghana

Published on 28 February 2019 at 21:37Updated on 28 February 2019 at 21:37

A photograph of a young boy drinking dirty water from a swamp has been shared hundreds of times in posts that locate him in various African countries, from Nigeria and Kenya to Cameroon and Ivory Coast. It was actually taken in Akpatoeme, a village in Ghana.

No, courts have not ‘quietly confirmed’ MMR vaccine causes autism

Published on 26 February 2019 at 19:35

An article shared 72,000 times on Facebook says courts have admitted that “vaccines do in fact cause autism”. The claim is false; a US court did award compensation to children who fell ill after vaccinations, but from brain injury and not from autism.

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Charlotte Mason

No, this photo does not show a Zambian nurse who swapped thousands of babies

This video of washed up bodies dates to 2014 in Libya and not the recent cyclone in Mozambique or last year's tsunami in Palu

Nigeria, Kenya or Cameroon? No, this child was photographed drinking dirty water in Ghana

No, courts have not ‘quietly confirmed’ MMR vaccine causes autism

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