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Published on 13/02/2026

Posts claiming to show an ex-FBI agent who tracked a scammer to South Africa are a hoax

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 12/02/2026

Membership card linking “terrorist” to Nigerian president’s political party is fake

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 09/02/2026

Posts showing disgruntled Woolworths staff disclosing secret discount are a scam

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Published on 03/02/2026

Images showing American YouTube star IShowSpeed injured in Nigeria are doctored

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Published on 03/02/2026

Movie set clip falsely depicted as jihadists given free passage at Nigerian military checkpoint

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Published on 30/01/2026

Photo from 2025 Gaza protest in Amsterdam falsely linked to Malema's court appearance in S.Africa

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 30/01/2026

AI-generated memorial posters circulate after fatal South African school bus accident

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 27/01/2026

Images of Nigerian president visiting injured boxer in hospital are AI-generated

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 27/01/2026

Altered image of helicopter hovering over Ugandan opposition leader's home unrelated to 2026 elections

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 22/01/2026

Video of champion boxer calling it quits after car crash in Nigeria is AI-generated

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Published on 20/01/2026

Old ballot footage reused to claim fraud in Uganda’s 2026 vote

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Published on 31/12/2025

Old video shows protests in Eritrea in 2017, not in 2025

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Published on 30/12/2025

Posts falsely claim Nigerian minister was arrested in France

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 19/12/2025

Video of Ethiopian opposition politicians forcibly deported from US is AI-generated

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 18/12/2025

AI image of Nigerians taking rifles to church spreads online after recent attacks

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 09/12/2025

Video of cleric asking Nigerian government to include bandits in budget is manipulated

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Published on 04/12/2025

Clip of Nigerian customs officer explaining why he gave bandits food is old

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 04/12/2025

AI-generated footage falsely linked to Ethiopian volcanic eruption

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Published on 03/12/2025

Sudan crisis posts misrepresent old Google Earth image

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Published on 02/12/2025

Posts depicting S. Korea leader as G20 'outcast' share edited clip

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 28/11/2025

Video of Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni warning CNN journalist on election coverage is doctored

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 27/11/2025

Video showing Trump reprimanding Tinubu is created with AI

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Published on 27/11/2025

Old video of snake rescue on South African shore misleads online

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Published on 25/11/2025

Old harassment video resurfaces amid Nigeria’s World Cup qualifier loss

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 20/11/2025

AI-generated clip of Sudan’s humanitarian crisis used to solicit donations

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Published on 19/11/2025

Abduction, murder of Nigerian Christian community leader happened in 2020, not 2025

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Published on 19/11/2025

Footage of Nigerian fishing festival falsely linked to Sudan crisis

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 18/11/2025

Old pictures of suffering children falsely linked to Sudanese war

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