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Published on 05/02/2024

Decade-old photo shows 2014 bomb attack in Abuja, not 2024 explosion

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Migration
Published on 05/02/2024

Video shows migrants in Mexico headed for US, not Ethiopians being evicted from Somalia

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 02/02/2024

Post claiming to show combat drone crash in Ethiopia uses unrelated images

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Published on 01/02/2024

Old video falsely claims to show ‘jihadists’ killed in Burkina Faso trying to cross into Nigeria

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Published on 31/01/2024

Facebook page posing as Ethiopian bank runs scams promotion

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Published on 30/01/2024

Fabricated story about SA woman bust with counterfeit money aims to smear Nigerians

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Published on 30/01/2024

Clip purporting to show Nigerian president disputing BBC exposé of church founder is doctored

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Published on 26/01/2024

Fearmongering posts make false claims about martial law in South Africa

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Published on 26/01/2024

Satirical video of man pretending to insult Klaus Schwab in Davos shared out of context

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Published on 26/01/2024

Images show bikes transporting bodies in Nigeria in 2022, not after recent Christmas bloodshed

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Published on 26/01/2024

Video shows hate crime in Brazil, not a farm attack in South Africa

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Published on 25/01/2024

Photo shared by SA account promoting anti-foreigner content is from Georgia, not Zimbabwe

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Published on 24/01/2024

Clip shows sewage leak in the US, not oil in Burkina Faso

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Published on 24/01/2024

Video shows South African celebrity, not suspected kidnapper’s sister

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Published on 22/01/2024

Social media posts misleadingly claim Shell is making total exit from Nigeria

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Published on 19/01/2024

Posts falsely claim to show students arriving at Kenyan elite school by helicopter

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Published on 18/01/2024

Post used Ethiopian church’s video to falsely claim the ban of a religious festival

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Published on 17/01/2024

Photos show a stadium in Indonesia, not Ghana

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Published on 17/01/2024

Egypt kidnapping video falsely shared as sectarian violence in south India city

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Published on 16/01/2024

Images of Lionel Messi with Nigerian Afrobeats star Davido were digitally manipulated

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Published on 16/01/2024

Picture shows dam in the US, not South Africa

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Published on 16/01/2024

A post falsely claims Ethiopian Orthodox archbishop fled to the US

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Published on 15/01/2024

S. African police images show 2022 bust, not opposition making fake IDs

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Climate
Published on 12/01/2024

Footage of Kenyan hospital flooding is from 2019, not 2024

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Published on 11/01/2024

Old video shows Nigerian vice president inspecting school construction, not meeting terrorists

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Published on 05/01/2024

Arrest photo does not show ‘hacker’ behind Nigerian mobile operator glitch

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Published on 05/01/2024

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki is target of false death reports

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Published on 04/01/2024

Lease deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland over port access taken out of context

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