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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 02/09/2021

Image of Tigrayan media outlet chief doctored to add shirt with regional flags

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Published on 02/09/2021

Newspaper front page doctored with false poll report about Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni

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Published on 02/09/2021

Bomb plot foiled but no explosion before state funeral for Ugandan military commander

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Covid-19
Published on 01/09/2021

Footage of crowd shows university protest in Kenya, not Covid-19 demonstration in France

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Published on 31/08/2021

Old images from Zimbabwe and Nigeria do not show recent unrest in Plateau state

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Published on 30/08/2021

Mixture of aloe vera leaves, ginger, pineapple and soursop is not a remedy for cancer

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Published on 27/08/2021

Ethiopian leader Abiy Ahmed recently hosted a fellow head of state and was not in North Korea

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Published on 27/08/2021

Photos show tourist attraction in Sri Lanka, not villagers turned to stone in Nigeria

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Published on 27/08/2021

Image shows execution in Somalia, not a firing squad in Nigeria

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Published on 26/08/2021

Image of newspaper front page praising Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was fabricated

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Covid-19
Published on 26/08/2021

Posts falsely claim Kadhafi 'predicted the Covid-19 pandemic'

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Published on 25/08/2021

Photo shows FBI officers near YouTube offices in California, not in Nigeria to arrest Abba Kyari

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Covid-19
Published on 24/08/2021

Ethiopian Facebook post falsely claims WHO chief barred from seeking fresh term

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Published on 20/08/2021

French football team PSG denies claim of record sales, says 800,000 shirts in 24 hours “unrealistic”

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Published on 20/08/2021

Images of Turkish planes are old and do not show deportation of Ugandan activist from Turkey

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Afghanistan
Published on 19/08/2021

Images of children in conflict zones inadvertently linked to Taliban’s march into Kabul

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Published on 19/08/2021

Flag hoisted at Nigerian government agency belongs to Saudi Arabia, not Islamist group

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Published on 13/08/2021

This video shows a military simulation, not an attack on Nigerian troops

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 13/08/2021

This image is old and does not show capture of Tigray rebels on Ethiopia-Sudan border

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Published on 13/08/2021

After signing Lionel Messi, PSG gained some 3 million Instagram followers in a day, not 23 million

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Published on 11/08/2021

Photo of Kenya’s president digitally altered to suggest he was seeking loans in UK

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Published on 11/08/2021

Fabricated tweet on Kenya arrest mixes up Interpol police network with rock band by same name

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Covid-19
Published on 10/08/2021

Popular Nigerian pastor falsely claims Covid-19 vaccines alter DNA

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 10/08/2021

Photo used to claim Tigray rebel rocket attack is old and unrelated to Ethiopia

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Published on 06/08/2021

Old photo shows statue of South Africa’s president, not Kenya’s

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Published on 06/08/2021

Falsified tweets in Zambian opposition leader’s name shared ahead of elections

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Published on 06/08/2021

Coffin resembling phallus was used to bury Ghanaian man who performed circumcisions, not a sex worker

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Published on 05/08/2021

Video predating US indictment of Nigerian 'supercop' does not show politicians supporting him amid tribulations

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