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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 11/01/2023

Parody tweet leads to false claim former Nigerian military leader endorsed opposition candidate

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World Cup 2022
Published on 27/12/2022

Cristiano Ronaldo incident with World Cup pitch invader misrepresented

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 22/12/2022

Post misleadingly claims Nigerian presidential hopeful abandoned rally on ‘health grounds’

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Published on 20/12/2022

Ugandan president shares misleading New Zealand photo in tweet on Rwenzori mountains

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 16/12/2022

Clip shows crowd attacked Nigerian ruling party elder, not its national chairman

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World Cup 2022
Published on 15/12/2022

Video shows attack on transgender woman in Morocco, not Qatar

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EndSARS protests
Published on 09/12/2022

Clip shows Nigerian air force members beating curfew violators, not separatists

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Published on 09/12/2022

Fake text message falsely warns of jail time for defaulters of Kenyan government's credit scheme

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 08/12/2022

Video shows old speeches of Ethiopian militia leader Zemene Kassie, not his release from prison

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World Cup 2022
Published on 05/12/2022

Tweet sparks false claim that Ghana forgot to take national team’s kit to Qatar

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Published on 02/12/2022

Video shows destruction of Burkina Faso mining trucks damaged in floods, not French sabotage act

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Published on 02/12/2022

Video shows protesters outside electricity company in Cameroon, not fans attacking footballer’s home

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 30/11/2022

Doctored video falsely claims Hollywood stars are endorsing Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi

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Published on 30/11/2022

Video shows Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro National Park burning in 2020, not a Kenyan reserve

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 28/11/2022

Photo shows victims of Kenyan gang attack, not Fulani terrorists in Nigeria

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 24/11/2022

Photo shows Rwandan child with father who died of cholera in DRC after 1994 genocide

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 24/11/2022

Posts falsely claim Nigerian governor told the ruling party's presidential candidate to quit over age

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 23/11/2022

Nigerian presidential candidates make false claims at town hall debate

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Published on 23/11/2022

Video shows two thieves robbing a man in Guyana, not Kenya

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Published on 22/11/2022

Claims of cash rewards for people who report pit bull owners in South Africa are a hoax

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Published on 22/11/2022

Sexually explicit drawings are not part of Kenya’s curriculum and come from old books

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 18/11/2022

Hoax press release falsely claims Nigerian electoral body will probe ruling party candidate

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Published on 18/11/2022

Photo taken during Belgian colonial rule in the Congo does not show UK ambassador to Somalia

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Published on 18/11/2022

Social media posts falsely claim Ivory Coast footballer Didier Drogba 'converted to Islam'

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Covid-19
Published on 16/11/2022

SA news channel misleadingly claims that Pfizer did not test Covid-19 vaccine before its release

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Published on 14/11/2022

Photo shows Ethiopians arrested in Malawi, not Fulani terrorists in Nigeria

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 10/11/2022

Image of downed drone is unrelated to Ethiopian conflict

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Published on 10/11/2022

Video posts falsely claim floods in Nigeria

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