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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
Image Published on 01/03/2022 Old footage of Hushpuppi in Cyprus was taken years before his 2020 arrest for cyber fraud
Image Climate Published on 25/02/2022 Glaciers study misleadingly used to downplay sea level rise risk
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 24/02/2022 Facebook posts falsely claim that the US opened a consular office in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Image Published on 24/02/2022 Name of Uganda's Entebbe International Airport has not been changed to HUEN
Image Published on 22/02/2022 Video manipulated to show Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru pleading guilty at start of ICC trial
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 Kenya elections 2022 Published on 03/02/2022 Newspaper doctored to implicate Kenya’s deputy president in Mutula Kilonzo's death
