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Published on 04/11/2020

No evidence behind claims that Putin vowed to back Ethiopia in Nile dam dispute

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Covid-19
Published on 02/11/2020

WHO head did not say he tested positive for Covid-19, only that he was quarantining after a contact tested positive

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Published on 02/11/2020

This video shows protesters storming the German embassy in Sudan in 2012

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Published on 30/10/2020

Videos purporting to show violence during recent elections in Zanzibar are old and unrelated

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Published on 30/10/2020

This image of Nigerians protesting police violence has been doctored to insert unrelated placards

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Published on 29/10/2020

Again, Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala has not yet been appointed head of WTO

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Published on 29/10/2020

These photos show fires in the United States, not on South African farms

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Published on 28/10/2020

Hoax embassy pages falsely claim Trump made visa announcements for Kenya and Liberia

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Published on 28/10/2020

This photo predates Nigeria’s #EndSARS rallies and shows the earlier arrests of alleged army impostors

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Published on 28/10/2020

Paul Pogba has not quit France’s national football team over president’s remarks on Islam

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Published on 27/10/2020

This image shows children taking a nap under a tree at a school in Nigeria, not in South Sudan

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EndSARS protests
Published on 27/10/2020

This road was vandalised in South Africa and not by protesters in Nigeria

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EndSARS protests
Published on 26/10/2020

The footage from 2017 is unrelated to protests against police brutality in Nigeria

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Published on 26/10/2020

No recent statements on Ethiopia have been issued by the EU, as this doctored image claims

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EndSARS protests
Published on 26/10/2020

This image shows an actor on a movie set, not a man shot during Nigeria protests

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EndSARS protests
Published on 23/10/2020

Rumours of Nigerian leader’s death spread again in wake of slow response to #EndSARS protests

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EndSARS protests
Published on 23/10/2020

The photo shows Muslims killed at a 2018 rally in Abuja, not EndSARS protest victims

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EndSARS protests
Published on 23/10/2020

This photo is from a play and does not show a dead Nigerian protester

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Published on 22/10/2020

The girl in this outdated missing person’s alert was murdered six years ago

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EndSARS protests
Published on 21/10/2020

The footage predates Nigeria’s protests against police brutality

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EndSARS protests
Published on 21/10/2020

Multiple fake accounts on Twitter impersonate frontline activists of Nigeria's #EndSARS protest – here's how to know what's real

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Published on 21/10/2020

This picture is from a Photoshop contest – it does not show an actual meeting between Hillary Clinton and Osama bin Laden

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EndSARS protests
Published on 21/10/2020

Video of police officer stomping on man’s head was filmed in Kenya, not Nigeria

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Published on 20/10/2020

Reflections on racial divisions were tweeted by UN official, wrongly attributed to Nelson Mandela

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Published on 19/10/2020

Online posts pass off an AFP photo from 2012 as a recent image of protests in Nigeria

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Published on 16/10/2020

This picture shows vintage cars once owned by a shipping magnate in France -- not the garage of a Nigerian politician

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Published on 16/10/2020

CNN anchor did not condemn Nigeria police unit, Covid-19; photo is doctored

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Published on 14/10/2020

No evidence behind claims Vladimir Putin made statement criticising rich Africans

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