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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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Published on 08/11/2022

Experts say no proof that mixture of lemon and kola ensures bigger male genitalia

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 08/11/2022

Photos show effect of drought in Somalia, not Nigeria’s Borno state

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Published on 08/11/2022

Old video from China circulates in Facebook posts claiming to show drowning of Nigerian singer’s son

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Published on 02/11/2022

Photo of a man with rifle does not show head of Tunisia’s football team Club Africain

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Published on 02/11/2022

Post misleadingly claims Arabic is an official language in Nigeria

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Published on 31/10/2022

Photos show preacher arrested for religious incitement in Tanzania, not 'sex church' leader in Kenya

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 31/10/2022

Post uses old photo to misleadingly claim that dual rallies were held for Nigerian ruling party candidate

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Published on 28/10/2022

Conspiracy theories denying Ebola outbreak in Uganda shared online

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Published on 28/10/2022

Video shows wildfire on Kenya’s Mount Longonot, not a volcanic eruption

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Published on 27/10/2022

Image of tear gas victims in Chad used in false posts claiming to show South Africans killed by mosquito pills

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Published on 27/10/2022

Old photo of Covid-19 food relief queue in South Africa used out of context in post on Kenya drought

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Published on 26/10/2022

Video shows training drill for special forces in Indonesia, not Kenya

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 25/10/2022

Photo doctored to give false impression Nigerian presidential candidate was watching rival on TV

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 25/10/2022

Post falsely claims Nigerian presidential candidate Bola Tinubu back in London for ‘medical holiday’

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 21/10/2022

Images show building on fire in Addis Ababa and not Ethiopian forces invading Tigray’s Shire

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 21/10/2022

Nigerian presidential candidate said his wealth came from running taxi service, not 'selling cars'

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Published on 21/10/2022

Photo of Al-Shabaab attack in Somalia falsely shared as taken in Kenya

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 20/10/2022

Video shows Nigerian presidential candidate being criticised by an activist and not his 'daughters'

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Nigeria elections 2023
Published on 18/10/2022

Nigerian presidential candidate Bola Tinubu understates country's 2015 oil production

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