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Published on 25/05/2022

South Korean flag symbol added to images of ancient Egyptian artwork

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Published on 23/05/2022

Scammers revive clickbait hoax using 2019 image of bus crash in Ethiopia

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Published on 20/05/2022

Old video clip from Ivory Coast is unrelated to violence in Abuja

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Published on 20/05/2022

Mob murder of student accused of blasphemy in Nigeria fuels false and dangerous claims online

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Published on 19/05/2022

False coup claims circulate online after Somalia election

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Published on 19/05/2022

US vice president and Tanzanian president did not tweet congratulations to Kenyan politician

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Published on 18/05/2022

Fabricated campaign posters for Dutch CEO born in Nigeria circulate online ahead of 2023 elections

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Published on 16/05/2022

Images show illicit condom workshops in China and Vietnam, not recycled contraceptives in Kenya

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Published on 12/05/2022

Old photos from Lagos reused in false claims about cattle killers being arrested in Abia state

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Published on 10/05/2022

Zimbabwean leader did not call country’s Ndebele diaspora 'wanted criminals', article fabricated

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Published on 06/05/2022

Confusion over Nigeria’s unemployment rate stirs online debate

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Published on 05/05/2022

Claims South Africa’s transport minister said potholes create good drivers based on satirical article

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Published on 05/05/2022

Seen a dramatic video of a plane crash? Here’s how to spot if it’s a flight simulation

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Published on 05/05/2022

Image digitally altered to show Kenya’s deputy leader grinning during former president’s funeral

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Published on 04/05/2022

Malawi did not add South Korean symbol to national flag

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 03/05/2022

BBC did not name Ethiopia’s rebel commander the ‘African military leader of the year’

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Published on 29/04/2022

Video shows a methane-powered bus that caught fire in Italy, not an electric bus in Kenya

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Published on 28/04/2022

These statues are not of South Africa’s Winnie Mandela and Oliver Tambo

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Published on 27/04/2022

These are old images from the US, not evidence of Kenya's UDA party rigging primaries

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Climate
Published on 26/04/2022

It was hail and not snow that coated parts of Botswana in April, weather experts said

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Published on 26/04/2022

Photo shows flooded road in South Africa in 2016, not South Sudan

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Covid-19
Published on 26/04/2022

Fighting myths about coronavirus in Africa

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Published on 25/04/2022

Domestic assault was filmed in Papua New Guinea, unrelated to Nigerian singer’s death in April

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Published on 25/04/2022

Photo of Kenyan politician breaking fast was taken in 2018, not during iftar at deputy president's residence

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Published on 21/04/2022

Old photo of Nigeria’s deputy leader shared in misleading posts mocking his ambitions

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Published on 21/04/2022

Photo shows fire at government building in Indonesia, not Koranic school in Liberia

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Published on 14/04/2022

2019 photo shows car theft suspects, not mob who damaged Kenyan opposition leader's chopper

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 13/04/2022

Post falsely claims Russian broadcaster exposed WHO director’s purported plans to undermine Ethiopia

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