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Published on 06/04/2023

Video shows prepaid card used to buy water in Malawi, not Kenyans using ID to get water

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War in Ukraine
Published on 06/04/2023

Posts use old video to falsely claim Russian president visited South Africa in March 2023

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Published on 06/04/2023

Posts falsely claim old video shows Ugandans flogging gay man

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Published on 06/04/2023

Impostor tweet falsely claims Zimbabwe’s army called for president to step down

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Published on 05/04/2023

Posts manipulate Kenyan president’s remarks about US dollar following fuel deal

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Published on 03/04/2023

Fabricated press release falsely claims US sanctioned four Kenyan politicians

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Published on 31/03/2023

Old video does not show former Kenyan president talking about farm invasion

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Published on 31/03/2023

Posts falsely claim Kenya has hiked customs duties on second-hand clothing in March 2023

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Published on 30/03/2023

Misinformation spreads during 'national shutdown' in South Africa

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Published on 28/03/2023

Ethiopian mayor's remarks on threat of migrants and extremists are taken out of context

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Published on 28/03/2023

False posts misrepresent tense exchange between France's Macron and DR Congo's Tshisekedi

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 27/03/2023

Posts falsely claim Alex Otti is the first elected governor from the Labour Party

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Published on 27/03/2023

Image of Chilean protester tackling policeman in 2019 falsely linked to Kenyan unrest

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Published on 24/03/2023

Kenya police misleadingly use old protest photos in online hunt for March 2023 rally participants

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 24/03/2023

Posts falsely claim Nigerian separatist group is not listed on global terrorism index

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Published on 23/03/2023

Footage shows gang fight in DRC, not Kenyan opposition supporters battling police

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 23/03/2023

A spokesman for Nigeria’s ruling party falsely claims state elected first female governor

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 23/03/2023

Photo shows Nigerian politician with movie make-up on, not injuries from an attack

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 22/03/2023

Old video shows suspects being arrested in Oyo state, not Lagos

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Published on 22/03/2023

Old photo from SA falsely shared as showing Kenyan opposition supporters vandalising road

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Published on 21/03/2023

Photos show illegal alcohol busts in Cameroon and Ivory Coast, not South Africa

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Published on 20/03/2023

Old video of flooding in Brazil falsely linked to Cyclone Freddy in Africa

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 15/03/2023

Parody tweet and not award-winning academic accused Nigeria’s president-elect of electoral fraud

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 14/03/2023

Old photo shows Nigerian president-elect Bola Tinubu with opposition politician, not chief justice

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Kenya elections 2022
Published on 14/03/2023

Old image of hawker’s broken eggs falsely linked to boycott call in Kenya

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Migration
Published on 14/03/2023

This video shows a shopping centre robbery in Chile, not gunmen in South Africa

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Published on 10/03/2023

Facebook posts falsely claim Canada is issuing free visas to Ethiopians

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Published on 10/03/2023

Posts falsely claimed tough anti-gay bill in Uganda had become law by February 2023

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