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Image Published on 18/02/2021 The video clip shows a church group performing a street play, not a real couple fighting
Image Covid-19 Published on 17/02/2021 This image was taken in 2016 during an enforcement campaign against jaywalking in Nigeria
Image Published on 12/02/2021 The US embassy in Ethiopia did not suggest that jailed opposition leader would be released soon
Image Published on 11/02/2021 Misleading claims about pharmaceutical company’s Covid vaccine circulate in South Africa
Image Published on 09/02/2021 Alleged tweet by Nigerian opposition party vowing not to steal again is a hoax
Image Published on 05/02/2021 Bus crash pictured in online posts happened in 2019 – not 2021 – and claimed two lives
Image Published on 04/02/2021 Facebook posts falsely claim to show suicide of Cameroonian man in Sydney
Image Published on 04/02/2021 Social media posts trumpeting “made in Nigeria” helicopters show aircraft manufactured in Belgium
Image Published on 04/02/2021 A new variant of the coronavirus caused South Africa’s second Covid-19 wave, not face masks
Image Published on 02/02/2021 Hoax posts falsely claim Ethiopian prime minister is either critically ill or dead
Image Published on 02/02/2021 Video purporting to show violence in Orlu is old and unrelated to recent events
Image Covid-19 Published on 29/01/2021 Pfizer’s CEO said he will get Covid-19 jab – when it’s his rightful turn
Image Covid-19 Published on 28/01/2021 The US National Institutes of Health did not recommend ivermectin to treat Covid-19 patients
Image Covid-19 Published on 28/01/2021 Debunked claim of children dying in Guinea from Covid-19 vaccine resurfaces
Image Covid-19 Published on 27/01/2021 Fraudulent Facebook posts claim the World Bank is giving loans to small businesses in Africa
Image Published on 26/01/2021 False claim circulates in South Africa linking AstraZeneca vaccine to China
Image Published on 26/01/2021 Scenes of unrest were filmed in 2018, years before Uganda’s recent presidential vote
Image Published on 21/01/2021 Photos show Honduran migrants trying to enter Guatemala, not post-election violence in Uganda
Image Published on 20/01/2021 Parody Twitter account spreads confusion among Nigerian mobile phone users
Image Published on 20/01/2021 Viral video does not show Bobi Wine’s wife, son being harassed by Ugandan police ahead of election
Image Published on 18/01/2021 Beware false job ads - WHO does not recruit through third-party job portals
