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Image Published on 07/12/2020 This photo has been edited to bring African and Black American figures together
Image Published on 02/12/2020 Doctored photo of Pelé ‘bidding farewell’ to Maradona circulates online
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 01/12/2020 Photo of destroyed Libyan airport terminal used to portray Ethiopia clashes
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 01/12/2020 Fictional movie scene shared to portray casualties in Ethiopia conflict
Image Published on 01/12/2020 This image shows an abandoned US mall, not South Africa’s Carlton Centre
Image Published on 27/11/2020 This video shows a protest in South Africa, not Bobi Wine supporters in the UK
Image Vaccines Published on 27/11/2020 Bill Gates was talking about side effects and did not say 700,000 people would be killed or permanently disabled by a Covid-19 vaccine
Image Black Lives Matter Published on 27/11/2020 Image shows Joe Biden kneeling to speak to a boy in Detroit, not George Floyd's daughter
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 25/11/2020 Photo of weapons seized in Ethiopia was taken before Tigray crisis
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 24/11/2020 These were Thai victims of the 2004 tsunami and not people killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
Image Published on 24/11/2020 Photo shows victims of a 2017 suicide bombing in Mali, not dead troops from Ethiopia
Image US elections 2020 Published on 23/11/2020 Nigeria did not give US President Donald Trump a deadline to concede the election or face sanctions
Image Published on 20/11/2020 Hoax tweets falsely claim support from Biden, Obama for Ugandan presidential challenger
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 20/11/2020 This altered photo does not show the arrest of Ethiopia’s former head of intelligence
Image Published on 19/11/2020 South African pharmacy chain Clicks denies offering free sanitary pads, but is running a promotion
Image Covid-19 Published on 18/11/2020 Scam alert: Africa’s richest man is not running a Facebook giveaway for youths affected by Covid-19
Image Published on 17/11/2020 "World Doctors Alliance" shares false and misleading claims about the Covid-19 pandemic
Image Published on 17/11/2020 No, Zimbabwean businessman “Ginimbi” did not buy his coffin a week before he died
Image Published on 16/11/2020 This image of an injured journalist was taken during a protest five years ago, not at a recent rally
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 16/11/2020 This image shows a factory blast in China, not missiles hitting Eritrea’s capital
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 12/11/2020 This image shows cash seized from a Brazilian politician in 2017, not from Tigray officials
Image Published on 12/11/2020 This is not a real ICC witness statement from a Kenyan lawyer accused of bribery
Image Published on 12/11/2020 These are old images of Ugandan soldiers in Kampala after the US warned of a terror threat
Image Published on 11/11/2020 This video shows the funeral of former Nigerian leader Yar’Adua – not President Buhari, who is alive
Image Ethiopia conflict Published on 06/11/2020 These images are old and do not show scenes of unrest in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray
