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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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Artificial intelligence
Published on 11/06/2025

Doctored clip gives false impression Ethiopian leader asked citizens to pay off country’s debt

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 05/06/2025

Doctored video falsely linked to recent Kenya-Tanzania diplomatic dispute

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 05/06/2025

Posts misleadingly claim Ethiopian innovator built intercontinental ballistic missile

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Published on 05/06/2025

Posts falsely claim IMF ranked Nigeria as fourth fastest-growing economy in 2025

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Donald Trump
Published on 04/06/2025

Old video of political rally in South Africa predates diplomatic row with US over white farmers

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Published on 03/06/2025

Posts falsely claim Nigeria was 'debt-free' after settling IMF loans

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Climate
Published on 02/06/2025

Antarctica's brief gain in ice mass fuels climate denial

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Published on 02/06/2025

Post falsely links unrelated Ruto speech to recent Kenya-Tanzania tensions

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 30/05/2025

Video showing Pope Leo XIV praising Burkina Faso’s leader is AI-generated

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 29/05/2025

Video of Ethiopian mayor admitting she confided in rebel group is fake

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Published on 27/05/2025

Posts claiming Nigerian woman facing death penalty for renouncing Islam are a hoax

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EndSARS protests
Published on 27/05/2025

Image from Uganda of dilapidated police homes misrepresented as being in Nigeria

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Published on 27/05/2025

Military drill footage misrepresented as China airdropping aid into Gaza

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Climate
Published on 23/05/2025

Sea ice data does not disprove warming in Antarctica

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Published on 23/05/2025

Trump video on S.African farm murders contains many falsehoods

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US politics
Published on 22/05/2025

Video of S.Africa crosses screened by Donald Trump shows 2020 protest, not ‘burial sites’

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Published on 22/05/2025

Zelensky's 'no portraits' speech misattributed to Senegal leader

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 21/05/2025

Execution video from 2021 filmed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, not in Amhara

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Published on 20/05/2025

Clip of Donald Trump asking Kenya’s President William Ruto to resign is AI-generated

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Published on 20/05/2025

TikTok posts falsely claim Ethiopia’s health minister and her deputy quit over medical strike

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 20/05/2025

Video of Trump saying Africa’s mineral resources belong to US is fabricated

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Published on 16/05/2025

Posts falsely claim Sudanese paramilitary announced attack on Eritrean navy

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Published on 15/05/2025

Post falsely claims video shows suspended Nigerian governor apologising to predecessor

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Published on 15/05/2025

Post from parody account was not shared on X by Kenya’s President William Ruto

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