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Published on 06/05/2021

Facebook posts promote fake South African job vacancies

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Published on 06/05/2021

Hoax Facebook page advertises non-existent jobs at McDonald’s in South Africa

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Published on 05/05/2021

The video clip shows a skit performance, not a real couple fighting on their wedding day

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Published on 05/05/2021

Fabricated screenshots of news broadcasts used to spread false claims about Ugandan presidential inauguration

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Published on 03/05/2021

Nigeria stays third in global terrorism ranking for fifth year in a row

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Published on 03/05/2021

This video shows an algal mass called red tide filmed in South Africa’s Western Cape

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Covid-19
Published on 29/04/2021

This photo shows a Tanzanian member of parliament meeting a retired Israeli paratrooper

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Published on 29/04/2021

Photo of collapsed flyover was taken in India, not Nigeria

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Published on 28/04/2021

This image shows the memorial service for Lol Mahamat Choua, Chad’s fourth president who died in 2019

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Published on 28/04/2021

Footage of blaze shows training institute in Ghana, not legislature in Nigeria

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Published on 27/04/2021

This ranch does not belong to Mark Zuckerberg

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Published on 27/04/2021

This is a 2005 picture of a runway in DR Congo, not Nigeria

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Published on 26/04/2021

One of the images shows the Nigerian city Lagos, not Uganda's capital Kampala

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Published on 23/04/2021

Google document shared on Facebook promotes fake supermarket jobs in Kenya

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Published on 23/04/2021

This video shows clashes in Iraq in 2020, not at Chad’s presidential palace

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Published on 23/04/2021

Fabricated tweet falsely claims Museveni’s son threatened Buganda Kingdom

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Covid-19
Published on 23/04/2021

The US Supreme Court did not rule against mandatory vaccination

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Published on 21/04/2021

This video shows German military vehicles during an exercise

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Published on 21/04/2021

Footage of sheep intestines in Turkish dish falsely presented as a soup of human penises in China

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Published on 20/04/2021

Image of ‘river’ resembling a human face is a painting and entirely fictional

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Published on 16/04/2021

Facebook page promotes fake jobs in South Africa and Kenya

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Published on 16/04/2021

There is no evidence that putting onions under feet cures cancer or malaria

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Published on 15/04/2021

This ATM robbery using a digger took place in Northern Ireland, not South Africa

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Black Lives Matter
Published on 15/04/2021

This photo of Biden was taken before he became president and the boy pictured is not George Floyd’s son

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Published on 14/04/2021

This photo shows Tanzania’s leader at a memorial service, not a gathering with co-wives

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Published on 14/04/2021

Badge on South African army general’s uniform is correctly worn

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Published on 14/04/2021

The photo shows a design proposal for a school in Malawi, not an actual building

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Published on 14/04/2021

This image shows the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans – not a recent flood in Khartoum

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