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Published on 23/07/2025

Old video of Museveni falsely linked to Kenya’s recent anniversary demonstrations

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Published on 22/07/2025

Video of drug crackdown in Ghana misrepresented as xenophobic attack on Nigerian shops

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Published on 22/07/2025

Unrelated arrest photo shared in hoax about South African child support fraud

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Published on 21/07/2025

Video shows protest in Kenya, not a demonstration against Togolese president

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Published on 21/07/2025

Doctored image falsely linked to Tanzanian treason case

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Published on 18/07/2025

Compilation of clips shows dams in South Africa and Brazil, not Ethiopia’s new Nile River project

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Published on 17/07/2025

Old video circulated with claims that coalition endorsed Nigerian opposition leader Peter Obi as presidential candidate

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Published on 16/07/2025

Image of protesters damaging road is from South Africa, not Kenya

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Published on 14/07/2025

The African Union has not announced plans to impeach Kenya’s president

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Published on 11/07/2025

Posts falsely claim UK issued warrant for South African opposition leader

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 11/07/2025

Image showing Nigeria's ex-president Goodluck Jonathan shaking hands with Donald Trump is AI-generated

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Published on 10/07/2025

Old video report misleadingly used to claim Ethiopian oil supplied to market

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Donald Trump
Published on 10/07/2025

Posts claiming Nigerian ‘Yahoo boy’ scammed Trump out of $250k are misleading

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Vaccines
Published on 09/07/2025

Deepfake of South African epidemiologist misleads on Covid-19 vaccine safety

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Published on 08/07/2025

Clips of unrelated pipelines falsely depicted as part of Ethiopian gas export project

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Iran
Published on 04/07/2025

Clip shows Peruvian pilgrimage, not Israelis fleeing war with Iran

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Published on 26/06/2025

Misleading videos shared as Kenyan leaders’ stances on anniversary protests

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Iran
Published on 26/06/2025

AI-generated video falsely claims Nigeria announced it would send troops to Israel

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Published on 23/06/2025

Posts mislead with claims of Nigeria’s southeast being excluded from development projects

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Published on 20/06/2025

Unrelated image of injured man falsely linked to death of Kenyan killed in police custody

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 20/06/2025

AI image does not show French spy caught in Burkina Faso

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 18/06/2025

AI-generated video of a lion in supermarket misleads online

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 18/06/2025

Ethiopian minister's interview distorted to claim she issued stern warning to Eritrean leader

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Migration
Published on 18/06/2025

Old video from Kenya misrepresented as crackdown on LA immigration protests

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Published on 17/06/2025

Video shows militants abducting Malian soldiers, not Nigerian troops

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Published on 16/06/2025

Posts falsely claim Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi was abducted for a second time

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Published on 12/06/2025

Posts falsely claim Namibia has announced ban on US gas and oil exploration

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Published on 12/06/2025

Unrelated images shared with false claims of deadly Mauritanian plane crash heading to Mecca

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