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Published on 14/03/2024

Post falsely claims Nigerian leader only visited museum during official trip to Qatar

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Published on 13/03/2024

Images from Tigray war misleadingly linked to recent conflict in Amhara region

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Published on 11/03/2024

Shady skin-whitening injections fuel health fears, scams in West Africa

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Published on 11/03/2024

Kenyan newspaper frontpage about government offering ministerial jobs to rivals is fake

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Published on 08/03/2024

Post misleadingly claims Nigerian opposition leader supports online fraudsters

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Published on 08/03/2024

Video shows Congolese soldiers on military base, not M23 rebels

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Published on 07/03/2024

Imposter page falsely claims Canada giving free work opportunities to Ethiopians and Eritreans

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South Africa elections 2024
Published on 05/03/2024

Video shows drug bust in Liberia, not South Africa

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Published on 29/02/2024

Photos show firearms seized by Ethiopian police, not rebel group in Amhara region

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Published on 28/02/2024

Photos show American boys, not Nigerian separatist leader’s son

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Published on 28/02/2024

TikTok video falsely claims Ethiopian Orthodox Church forbids songs praising Jesus

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Published on 27/02/2024

Old video falsely shared as showing recent economic hardship protests in Nigeria

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Published on 21/02/2024

Antarctic research facility does not produce energy weapons

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Published on 21/02/2024

Video shows boxes of packaged food, not cash being hoarded in Nigeria

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Published on 20/02/2024

Miscaptioned photos do not show Kenyans queueing to sell US dollars in February 2024

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Published on 20/02/2024

Fake accounts use name of UN agency in East African money scam

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Published on 20/02/2024

Posts falsely claim photo shows Ivorian goalkeeper with black magic amulet in AFCON final

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Published on 14/02/2024

Video shows protesters clashing with S. Africa police, not Nigerians celebrating semifinal win

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Published on 14/02/2024

Video used to falsely claim protestors torched French embassy in DR Congo

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Published on 14/02/2024

Top football bodies yet to decide on future trials of blue cards

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Published on 13/02/2024

Post falsely claims Ethiopian PM ruled out possibility of disputed land returning to Tigray

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Published on 13/02/2024

Photos falsely claimed to show arms seized from police in Nigeria

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Published on 09/02/2024

Post claiming to show election delay protests in Senegal uses old video

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Published on 09/02/2024

Old photo shows graves for flood victims, not drug addicts robbing the dead

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Published on 08/02/2024

Old statement used in misleading claim about currency policy in Nigeria

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Published on 06/02/2024

Post claiming to show election delay protests in Senegal uses old video

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Kenya elections 2022
Published on 06/02/2024

Miscaptioned clip gives false impression Kenya’s top judge threatened the president

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Published on 05/02/2024

Image shows Ivory Coast’s capital Abidjan, not Kisumu in Kenya

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