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Published on 09/07/2021

Facebook page impersonating the South African police promotes non-existing jobs and traineeships

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Published on 09/07/2021

Image shows an underwater sculpture, not a human-shaped rock in the Pacific Ocean

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Published on 08/07/2021

Tweet insulting Nigeria and Kenya originated on fake Donald Trump account

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Published on 07/07/2021

Old footage shows supporters of Nigerian separatist Kanu Nnamdi at the Vatican, not the White House

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Published on 06/07/2021

This image of an elephant-shaped mountain is a composite created by Polish artist Mirekis

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Published on 06/07/2021

False claims about SA leaders fleeing the country circulate after jail order granted against ex-president

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Covid-19
Published on 05/07/2021

There is no evidence that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been admitted to the hospital

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Published on 05/07/2021

Post falsely claims that Iran sent modern Russian-made missile defence systems to Ethiopia

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Published on 02/07/2021

Old footage does not show Nigerian separatists protesting recent arrest of Nnamdi Kanu

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Published on 01/07/2021

Photos of nail-spiked oranges are old and were not taken recently on South African roads

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Published on 30/06/2021

Nigerian president claims government lifted millions out of poverty in two years, but evidence says otherwise

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 29/06/2021

This picture was taken during Ethiopia's 1980s drought, not the current Tigray conflict

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Covid-19
Published on 29/06/2021

Facebook posts falsely claim video shows empty casket intended for Ugandan Covid-19 victim

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Published on 28/06/2021

WHO report recommends educational campaigns, not an alcohol ban for women of childbearing age

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Published on 28/06/2021

The photo shows a 2012 Ugandan army helicopter crash, not an accident involving Kenyan forces

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Published on 28/06/2021

Facebook users share old photos of lions in Sudan in posts about Bangladesh zoo

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Published on 24/06/2021

Online scammers circulate images of boy with health issues to defraud Facebook users

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Published on 23/06/2021

Posts falsely claim old photos show Nigerian leader's recent visit to Maiduguri

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Published on 21/06/2021

South Africa boosted its 2021/22 VIP protection budget by R26.3 million, not R1.7 billion

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 20/06/2021

NATO has not released a statement about planning military action against Ethiopia

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Published on 18/06/2021

Image shows blue heart-shaped pond in abandoned Russian mine

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Published on 17/06/2021

Footage shows civilian task force members joining Nigerian army, not repentant Boko Haram fighters

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Published on 17/06/2021

Posts falsely suggest that Abiy Ahmed's Nobel Peace Prize is up for revocation

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Covid-19
Published on 16/06/2021

EFF party leader did not file lawsuit to shut South Africa’s schools amid Covid-19 surge

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Published on 16/06/2021

Emmanuel Macron was not slapped for disregarding Covid-19 sanitary protocols

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Published on 15/06/2021

This is a picture of an artwork, not a real human-elephant hybrid

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Published on 15/06/2021

The photos were taken in 2019 and are unrelated to the 2021 kidnapping of Nigerian students

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Published on 15/06/2021

Posts falsely claim Ethiopian prime minister was killed by a sniper’s bullet

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