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Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 03/05/2022 BBC did not name Ethiopia’s rebel commander the ‘African military leader of the year’
Image Published on 29/04/2022 Video shows a methane-powered bus that caught fire in Italy, not an electric bus in Kenya
Image Published on 28/04/2022 These statues are not of South Africa’s Winnie Mandela and Oliver Tambo
Image Published on 27/04/2022 These are old images from the US, not evidence of Kenya's UDA party rigging primaries
Image Climate Published on 26/04/2022 It was hail and not snow that coated parts of Botswana in April, weather experts said
Image Published on 25/04/2022 Domestic assault was filmed in Papua New Guinea, unrelated to Nigerian singer’s death in April
Image Published on 25/04/2022 Photo of Kenyan politician breaking fast was taken in 2018, not during iftar at deputy president's residence
Image Published on 21/04/2022 Old photo of Nigeria’s deputy leader shared in misleading posts mocking his ambitions
Image Published on 21/04/2022 Photo shows fire at government building in Indonesia, not Koranic school in Liberia
Image Published on 14/04/2022 2019 photo shows car theft suspects, not mob who damaged Kenyan opposition leader's chopper
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 13/04/2022 Post falsely claims Russian broadcaster exposed WHO director’s purported plans to undermine Ethiopia
Image Published on 08/04/2022 No plans to demolish Ethiopia’s Yared School of Music in expansion of Oromia Supreme Court
Image Published on 07/04/2022 Old video shows Burkinabes fleeing jihadist gunmen, not Nigerians displaced by criminal gangs
Image Published on 06/04/2022 Photo shows Albanians on a ship to Italy in 1991, not Europeans fleeing World War II
Image War in Ukraine Published on 06/04/2022 Old photos of vehicles lined up at fuel stations in UK circulate in Kenya to justify local shortage
Image Published on 31/03/2022 Misleading posts circulate old visuals of Nigerian police protesting over outstanding pay
Image Published on 31/03/2022 Fabricated opinion poll does not show the state of play between Kenya’s main election rivals
Image Published on 18/03/2022 This picture shows a girl from Ethiopia’s Arbore tribe, not Mursi tribe
Image Published on 18/03/2022 Video shows first New York-Nairobi flight in 2018, not Kenya’s deputy president landing in the US
Image War in Ukraine Published on 17/03/2022 These images were taken in Melilla, and do not show African migrants fleeing Ukraine
Image Published on 15/03/2022 Old image shows Uganda’s police spokesperson demonstrating catapult, not shooting at journalist
Image War in Ukraine Published on 11/03/2022 Misleading posts circulate old footage of two Russian Tu-160 bombers arriving in South Africa
Image War in Ukraine Published on 09/03/2022 Fabricated news alert falsely claims Russian president told South Africa’s ANC to keep out of its affairs
Image War in Ukraine Published on 04/03/2022 False subtitles added to Putin’s Ukraine war declaration video to suggest African states are next
Image Published on 02/03/2022 Three South African policemen arrested for armed robbery and kidnapping in 2019, not 2022
