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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The girl in this outdated missing person’s alert was murdered six years ago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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Covid-19
Published on 14/10/2020

WHO did not say Bill Gates adds sterilisation formula to vaccines

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Published on 14/10/2020

Doctored TV report does not depict recent electoral violence in Nigerian state

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Published on 13/10/2020

This shows a protest in South Africa, not supporters of a Kenyan MP

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Published on 12/10/2020

This photo of rivers that 'never mix' was taken in Georgia, not in DR Congo

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Covid-19
Published on 12/10/2020

Doctored photo telling Africans to avoid Covid-19 vaccine circulates online

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Published on 12/10/2020

Rwandan government rejects old claim that French no longer an official language

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Published on 12/10/2020

Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala has not been named head of the World Trade Organization (but she is a final contender)

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Published on 09/10/2020

False quotes claim Boris Johnson and Mike Pompeo express support for Nigerian separatists

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Published on 09/10/2020

This military vehicle was captured by jihadists in Burkina Faso, not Nigeria

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Published on 09/10/2020

There is no evidence to show it rained blood in Nigeria

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Published on 08/10/2020

QAnon sows panic with false child trafficking claims, experts warn

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Published on 08/10/2020

Manipulated image claims CNN reported imminent end to Ugandan leader’s long rule

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US elections 2020
Published on 08/10/2020

Nigeria not donating $600m to Biden’s campaign over false Trump links to separatist group

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Published on 07/10/2020

Facebook rumour falsely claims Rwanda has appointed a 19-year-old minister

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Published on 06/10/2020

Assault of man accused of attempted kidnapping took place in different South African city in 2019

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