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Image Published on 04/08/2023 This photograph does not show Elon Musk and his mother during apartheid
Image Published on 02/08/2023 Post uses old video to falsely claim it shows ‘African leader’ berating ECOWAS over Niger crisis
Image Published on 02/08/2023 Posts falsely claim man crying in viral video is Niger’s finance minister
Image Published on 02/08/2023 Social media posts falsely claim Nigerian man jumped to his death to avoid deportation
Image Published on 28/07/2023 Online scam targets Facebook users with false information about Ethiopian bank
Image Published on 28/07/2023 Video shows Spanish navy vessel, not Philippines' 'first nuclear submarine'
Image Published on 27/07/2023 Image shows road destroyed by underground explosion in South Africa, not Kenya
Image Published on 26/07/2023 Edited clip of Zimbabwean opposition leader’s speech on land reform shared out of context
Image Nigeria elections 2023 Published on 24/07/2023 Post falsely claims Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi handed win by election tribunal
Image Kenya elections 2022 Published on 21/07/2023 Photo of Kenyan journalist misrepresented as plain-clothed police ‘harassing’ tax hike protesters
Image Published on 21/07/2023 False posts use old, unrelated images to claim diplomats are fleeing Kenya
Image Published on 20/07/2023 Posts falsely claim image shows 2023 helicopter crash in Kenya’s Marsabit county
Image Kenya elections 2022 Published on 19/07/2023 Old images on social media falsely linked to tax hike protest in Kenya
Image Published on 18/07/2023 Old video shows Zimbabwe police beating opposition party members in 2019, not 2023
Image Published on 14/07/2023 Photo of Congolese model digitally altered to add Nigerian separatist leader
Image Published on 14/07/2023 Posts falsely claim old video shows Kenyan protesters storming Kitale police station
Image Published on 14/07/2023 Video from Botswana showing cars on fire falsely linked to Kenyan motorsport rally
Image Published on 14/07/2023 Posts falsely claim Nigerian president orders reopening of all land borders
Image Published on 14/07/2023 Forged South African broadcaster tweet makes false claims about coalition talks
Image Published on 12/07/2023 Nigerian governor appointed sister-in-law to cabinet, not daughter with the same name
Image Published on 11/07/2023 Kenyan news channel misleadingly claims judiciary swore in controversial government appointees
Image Published on 11/07/2023 Images show suspected kidnapper’s house demolished in Nigeria, not in Kenya
Image Published on 10/07/2023 Photo of cash in plastic bags falsely linked to recent arrest in South Africa
Image War in Ukraine Published on 10/07/2023 Fake translation added to French president’s UN speech about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Image Nigeria elections 2023 Published on 10/07/2023 Post misleadingly claims Nigeria’s electoral body failed to call witness in case contesting poll result
