AFRICA

Image showing two giraffes up a tree is doctored

Published on 22/02/2022 at 12:49

Video manipulated to show Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru pleading guilty at start of ICC trial

Published on 22/02/2022 at 09:07

Posts make misleading comparison of African countries competing at the Olympics

Updated on 19/02/2022 at 10:12

Facebook post falsely claims that South African law allows citizens to arrest drug dealers

Published on 18/02/2022 at 17:32

BBC documentary shared on Facebook shows plight of Ethiopian migrants in a Saudi prison, but does not feature Jawar Mohammed

Published on 18/02/2022 at 13:25

Infographic wrongly shows Odinga beaten in four Western Kenya counties in 2013

Published on 17/02/2022 at 17:26

Photo shows child rescued in Syria after 2018 air strike — not 'Moroccan boy trapped in well'

Updated on 17/02/2022 at 10:33

Old TV interview with Kenyan deputy president about land rights shared out of context

Updated on 16/02/2022 at 17:27

Footage of a woman being defiled was a staged act from 2013 by an artist in Brazil, unrelated to Mali

Updated on 15/02/2022 at 16:35

Multiple false adverts for South African army training and jobs shared on social media

Published on 15/02/2022 at 16:00

Newly discovered 'highly infectious' HIV variant was detected in the Netherlands, not South Africa

Published on 11/02/2022 at 17:09

US, Canada and Australia are not offering ‘free’ asylum visas to Ethiopians fleeing Tigray conflict

Published on 11/02/2022 at 15:16

Viral photos show followers of religious group in Congo jumping, not flying

Published on 11/02/2022 at 14:13

This image shows Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands resort, not a hotel in Kenya

Published on 10/02/2022 at 16:10

False posts misrepresent photo of injured child as 'Moroccan boy trapped in well'

Updated on 10/02/2022 at 11:58