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Image Published on 23/06/2021 Posts falsely claim old photos show Nigerian leader's recent visit to Maiduguri
Image Published on 21/06/2021 South Africa boosted its 2021/22 VIP protection budget by R26.3 million, not R1.7 billion
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 20/06/2021 NATO has not released a statement about planning military action against Ethiopia
Image Published on 17/06/2021 Footage shows civilian task force members joining Nigerian army, not repentant Boko Haram fighters
Image Published on 17/06/2021 Posts falsely suggest that Abiy Ahmed's Nobel Peace Prize is up for revocation
Image Covid-19 Published on 16/06/2021 EFF party leader did not file lawsuit to shut South Africa’s schools amid Covid-19 surge
Image Published on 16/06/2021 Emmanuel Macron was not slapped for disregarding Covid-19 sanitary protocols
Image Published on 15/06/2021 The photos were taken in 2019 and are unrelated to the 2021 kidnapping of Nigerian students
Image Published on 15/06/2021 Posts falsely claim Ethiopian prime minister was killed by a sniper’s bullet
Image Published on 14/06/2021 Photo of a rod hanging from a bridge was taken in Scotland, not South Africa
Image Published on 14/06/2021 This picture of a UN peacekeeper was staged for a South African newspaper’s ad campaign
Image Published on 11/06/2021 Watch out for South Africa Post Office jobs on Facebook – they’re a scam
Image Published on 11/06/2021 Fabricated statement falsely claims Japan will support Ethiopia over US visa restrictions
Image Covid-19 Published on 10/06/2021 Image shows supporters in Nairobi welcoming back Kenya opposition leader in 2017
Image Published on 10/06/2021 Fabricated tweet falsely claims Facebook founder had dig at Nigerian leader’s health
Image Published on 09/06/2021 This video does not show a volcanic eruption in Lake Kivu – it was filmed in Nigeria and experts point to an underwater pipeline fire
Image Published on 09/06/2021 Nigeria’s ex-aviation minister falsely links graphic image to unrest in Oyo state
Image Published on 08/06/2021 Photo shows protest over removal of Nigerian fuel subsidy in 2012, not jubilation over Twitter ban
Image Published on 07/06/2021 This video shows a volcanic eruption in Iceland and not the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Image Published on 03/06/2021 This is a computer-generated image of the Statue of Liberty, not a real one made from rubble in Syria
Image Published on 03/06/2021 Image of crashed military aircraft was taken in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, not Orlu
Image Israeli-Palestinian conflict Published on 02/06/2021 Palestinian flag colours were not displayed on the Cairo Tower
Image Published on 02/06/2021 This doctored graphic does not show funds stolen by former chairman of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency
Image Published on 01/06/2021 This photo shows a road in a national park in South Australia, not in Kenya
