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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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Published on 17/11/2025

Footage shows Ghana school inferno, not terror attack on Nigerian church

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Published on 14/11/2025

Years-old footage of coffin case in South Africa falsely shared as visuals of Sudan crisis

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 13/11/2025

Gaza image and AI video falsely linked to post-election violence in Tanzania

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Published on 13/11/2025

Image of woman boarding helicopter is not Tanzania’s president fleeing election unrest

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Climate
Published on 12/11/2025

Video of shark swimming in hurricane floodwaters in Jamaica created with AI

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 10/11/2025

Video falsely claims Ethiopian ex-army chief urged port takeover if war breaks out

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Migration
Published on 06/11/2025

Posts falsely claim to show police arresting Mozambican woman in Johannesburg

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 05/11/2025

Image depicting Sudanese mother protecting boy from gunmen is AI-generated

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Published on 05/11/2025

Vietnam-based Facebook pages peddle conspiracies about South African ambassador who died in Paris

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Published on 04/11/2025

Old and unrelated images misrepresent unrest during Tanzania’s general election

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Published on 31/10/2025

Video shows extremists seizing Burkina Faso military ware, not jihadists in Nigeria

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Published on 30/10/2025

Old speech misrepresented as Kenyan politician Raila Odinga’s final public address

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 24/10/2025

Clip shows Indian doctor, not Egyptian diplomat, visiting Ethiopia’s Tigray region

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 24/10/2025

False claims surround death of former Kenyan prime minister Odinga

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 23/10/2025

Facebook scam uses deepfake video of popular Nigerian influencer

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 21/10/2025

AI-generated clip falsely claims Ethiopian pastor called on rebels to overthrow government

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Migration
Published on 14/10/2025

Post misleads on Coca-Cola’s planned job cuts in South Africa

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Published on 10/10/2025

Old accident video falsely linked to Tanzanian president’s campaign rally

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Donald Trump
Published on 10/10/2025

Trump speech praising Ethiopian PM is a deepfake

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Migration
Published on 08/10/2025

Qatar has not introduced new visa restrictions on Nigerian men

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Published on 30/09/2025

Trump’s UN remarks misrepresented in video on Somalia-Kenya match flag incident

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 26/09/2025

Video of SA president calling for dancing radio host’s arrest is digitally altered

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Published on 26/09/2025

Post falsely claims pockets on police uniforms being removed to stop bribery

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Published on 26/09/2025

Video shows Omani rescue operation, not French military supplying ‘terrorists’ in Mali

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Published on 23/09/2025

Old photo of prisoner in South Sudan does not show Riek Machar’s bodyguard

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Published on 23/09/2025

Nigerian authorities say 5% fuel levy is not among new tax laws coming in January 2026

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