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Published on 04/08/2022

Nigerian presidential candidate understates country’s exports

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Kenya elections 2022
Published on 04/08/2022

Video miscaptioned to create impression Kenyan presidential aspirant Ruto was inciting violence

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Published on 03/08/2022

Photo shows aftermath of a kidnapping in 2021, not the burning of an army vehicle

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Published on 03/08/2022

Old hoax about Chinese intercepting shipment of penises reprised after Nigerian politician’s UK arrest

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Published on 03/08/2022

Fabricated reports of jilted man suing girlfriend for taxi fare go viral in Kenya

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Published on 02/08/2022

Experts say Earth’s aphelion, when the sun is furthest away, has no impact on temperatures or human health

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Published on 02/08/2022

Kenyan presidential candidate did not vow to end Christianity in the country if elected

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Kenya elections 2022
Published on 29/07/2022

Photo digitally manipulated to show Queen Elizabeth wearing Kenyan political party logo

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Published on 29/07/2022

South Africa is registered by the US SEC as a foreign government, not as a company

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Published on 28/07/2022

Nigerian presidential candidate makes misleading claims in interview

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Kenya elections 2022
Published on 28/07/2022

Kenyan presidential candidate smoked out over misleading claims about commercial trade in marijuana

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Kenya elections 2022
Published on 27/07/2022

Photo does not show Kenyan presidential candidate William Ruto giving comrade the cold shoulder

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Published on 27/07/2022

Presidential candidate misrepresents number of Nigerians playing in the NBA

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Published on 26/07/2022

Two videos show arms and ammunition smuggled into Brazil and Nigeria, not South Africa

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Published on 22/07/2022

Interview with Kenya’s deputy president manipulated to add false confession of corruption

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Published on 22/07/2022

Video of Nigerian politician allegedly handing out cash predates state election

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Published on 21/07/2022

No evidence southern Nigerian state passed Sharia bill to secure votes in the north

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War in Ukraine
Published on 20/07/2022

Video from 2018 used in misleading post claiming Russian president recently arrived in South Africa

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Published on 20/07/2022

Photo does not show poultry killed in Lagos flooding, but by Bolivian floods in 2021

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Kenya elections 2022
Published on 20/07/2022

Job seekers in Africa suffer at hands of online scammers

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Published on 19/07/2022

Faces of Oromo activists digitally added to T-shirts worn by Egyptian football players

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Published on 19/07/2022

Video does not show attack on Nigerian presidential candidate, but state governor in 2020

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Published on 19/07/2022

Photo shows thousands of people at religious event in Nigeria’s Kwara state, not political rally in Osun

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Published on 15/07/2022

Anglican priest’s sermon not linked to Nigerian Muslim presidential candidates

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Published on 15/07/2022

Governor candidates in Nigeria's Osun state make false claims in debates

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Published on 15/07/2022

Pictures of bullet-riddled vehicles unrelated to July 2022 attack on Nigerian president’s convoy

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Kenya elections 2022
Published on 13/07/2022

Clip of crowd singing name of Kenyan presidential candidate is doctored, original footage has no chants

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Published on 12/07/2022

Zimbabwe users spread panic with false claims of criminals targeting US towns, sparking police warning

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