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Image Published on 19/02/2022 Posts make misleading comparison of African countries competing at the Olympics
Image Published on 18/02/2022 Facebook post falsely claims that South African law allows citizens to arrest drug dealers
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 18/02/2022 BBC documentary shared on Facebook shows plight of Ethiopian migrants in a Saudi prison, but does not feature Jawar Mohammed
Image Published on 17/02/2022 Infographic wrongly shows Odinga beaten in four Western Kenya counties in 2013
Image Published on 17/02/2022 Photo shows child rescued in Syria after 2018 air strike — not 'Moroccan boy trapped in well'
Image Published on 16/02/2022 Old TV interview with Kenyan deputy president about land rights shared out of context
Image Published on 15/02/2022 Footage of a woman being defiled was a staged act from 2013 by an artist in Brazil, unrelated to Mali
Image Published on 15/02/2022 Multiple false adverts for South African army training and jobs shared on social media
Image Published on 11/02/2022 Newly discovered 'highly infectious' HIV variant was detected in the Netherlands, not South Africa
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 11/02/2022 US, Canada and Australia are not offering ‘free’ asylum visas to Ethiopians fleeing Tigray conflict
Image Published on 11/02/2022 Viral photos show followers of religious group in Congo jumping, not flying
Image Published on 10/02/2022 This image shows Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands resort, not a hotel in Kenya
Image Published on 10/02/2022 False posts misrepresent photo of injured child as 'Moroccan boy trapped in well'
Image Published on 03/02/2022 This front page of The Guardian circulating in Kenya has been digitally altered
Image Published on 03/02/2022 Newspaper doctored to implicate Kenya’s deputy president in Mutula Kilonzo's death
Image Published on 03/02/2022 Posts falsely claim 'no one' came to South Korean president's sendoff ceremony in Egypt
Image Published on 02/02/2022 Republished central bank’s guidelines sparks misinformation about bank charges in Nigeria
Image Published on 01/02/2022 The South African government does not plan to offer free DNA testing from June 2022
Image Published on 27/01/2022 The International Criminal Court did not send letter denouncing Kenyan senator’s slur
Image Published on 27/01/2022 Story of milkman who fathered more than 800 children originates from satirical site
Image Published on 26/01/2022 Photo of old bus crash resurfaces with false claims of 39 deaths in Addis Ababa
Image Published on 26/01/2022 Uber has not announced any plans to bring its bus service to South Africa
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 26/01/2022 Old images resurface in false claim about blockades near Kobo in Ethiopia
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 25/01/2022 Photos of Eritrean soldiers on patrol were taken in 2000 during the war with Ethiopia, not in 2022
Image Covid-19 Published on 24/01/2022 Video of expired Covid vaccines being destroyed in Nigeria recirculates in misleading posts
Image Published on 21/01/2022 Photos show Kenyan deputy president at a cultural festival, not visiting a witch doctor
