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Published on 03/05/2023

Post falsely claims state of emergency declared in Ethiopia’s Amhara region

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 02/05/2023

Clip misleadingly claims Bola Tinubu’s presidential win certificate has been withdrawn

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Published on 01/05/2023

Clip shows India worker destroying solar panels over unpaid wages, not a curse

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Published on 28/04/2023

Old video of Sudan factory explosion misleadingly linked to 2023 crisis

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Published on 27/04/2023

Kansas City brawl footage falsely claimed to show Chicago police

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Published on 27/04/2023

Old video of lion spotted in Libya falsely shared as filmed in Sudan

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Published on 26/04/2023

Image of DRC oil tanker disaster falsely shared as showing a Ugandan cult massacre

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Kenya elections 2022
Published on 26/04/2023

Clip of Kenya's opposition chief apologising to ex-president in 2018, not current leader

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Published on 23/04/2023

Posts falsely claim Russia’s Putin wished S. African ex-leader Zuma happy birthday on TV

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Published on 21/04/2023

Posts falsely link several unrelated images of fires to Sudan clashes

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Published on 20/04/2023

Old photos shared online do not show oil pipeline fire amid Sudan clashes in April 2023

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Published on 20/04/2023

Pictures show Nigerian governor at a beach in Lagos, not Ondo state

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Published on 20/04/2023

Posts share misleading claim about 'e-shopping voucher giveaway for Malaysians'

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Published on 19/04/2023

Post uses old photo of Ethiopian troops to falsely claim invasion of Amhara region

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Published on 19/04/2023

Doctored photo used to make false claim about Nigerian politician Peter Obi's UK 'detention'

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Published on 19/04/2023

Hoax posts claim South Africa’s SPAR sells electric bicycles at huge discount

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 19/04/2023

Tweet falsely claims Joe Biden announced Nigeria stopover en route to N. Ireland

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Kenya elections 2022
Published on 18/04/2023

Photo shows Kenya’s opposition leader hospitalised in 2017, not after March 2023 protest

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 17/04/2023

Photo of Nigeria’s outgoing leader and successor taken in Abuja in 2019, not S. Arabia in 2023

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Climate
Published on 14/04/2023

Old video resurfaces in claims of major April snowfall in South Africa

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 14/04/2023

Old photo of conflict in Ethiopia’s Ataye falsely linked to recent protests

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Published on 14/04/2023

Video of ‘alien’ in Nigeria is a computer-generated image

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US politics
Published on 13/04/2023

Misrepresented passport photos revive Obama 'birther' conspiracy theory

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Published on 13/04/2023

April Fool’s Day article about Obama moving to Kenya fuels online misinformation

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 12/04/2023

Misleading posts claim author Wole Soyinka asked Nigeria's president-elect to step down

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Published on 12/04/2023

Post shares satirical video to claim a Ugandan official threatened a Kenyan journalist

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Published on 11/04/2023

Post shares old images to claim soldiers support anti-government protest in Ethiopia

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 11/04/2023

Post falsely claims Nigerian official admitted to announcing bogus election results

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