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Migration
Published on 17/12/2024

South Africa did not scrap passport requirements for Nigerian travellers

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Climate
Published on 17/12/2024

Video showing massive flood was filmed in India, not in northern Nigeria

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Published on 13/12/2024

Posts falsely claim proposed Nigerian tax regime to impose a 24% levy on inheritance assets

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Published on 12/12/2024

Posts falsely claim Nigerian automaker is world’s first black car manufacturer

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Kenya elections 2022
Published on 11/12/2024

Old photos, audio falsely used to claim Kenya's leader reconciles with impeached ex-deputy

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 11/12/2024

Old speech of Ethiopian army chief was altered to make false claims about recent conflict

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War in Ukraine
Published on 10/12/2024

Posts claiming the Finnish president pledged to support Biafra are false

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Published on 10/12/2024

Posts claiming Mali is the first debt-free country in Africa are false

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Migration
Published on 09/12/2024

Photos show Lesotho minimarket owner, not a corner shop in South Africa

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 06/12/2024

Altered video of old Ethiopian PM speech falsely linked to Oromia killings in 2024

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Published on 05/12/2024

Video shows Kenyan president challenging opposition party leader, not his former deputy

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South Africa elections 2024
Published on 05/12/2024

Video shows mayhem at Kenyan funeral, not SA political party's birthday bash

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Ethiopia conflict
Published on 03/12/2024

Post falsely claims to show rebels in Ethiopia’s Oromia region with captured Amhara fighters

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Published on 29/11/2024

Concept banknotes from 2018 falsely circulated as updated Kenyan shillings released by central bank

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Published on 29/11/2024

Old video shows former Kenyan president receiving charity award, not becoming a Mason

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Donald Trump
Published on 28/11/2024

Video of Trump threatening Nigeria over secessionist leader’s detention is digitally altered

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Published on 28/11/2024

Old video of Kenya’s Mungiki sect falsely linked to anticipated protests in November 2024

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Published on 28/11/2024

Posts use old photos to falsely claim 20 Ethiopians died in Saudi Arabian bus crash

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Published on 27/11/2024

Post falsely claims discovery of dead bodies forced NASA to stop underwater exploration

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 22/11/2024

Trump's election speech video altered to claim visa ban on Nigerians

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Migration
Published on 21/11/2024

Video shows Mozambican police officer stoned to death, not a South African truck driver

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Energy
Published on 19/11/2024

Posts falsely claim Rivers governor shut down operations of oil companies in Nigerian state

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Artificial intelligence
Published on 18/11/2024

Proposed port in Nigeria’s southeast is not closer to the Atlantic than Lagos docks

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Published on 14/11/2024

TikTok posts falsely claim Kenya’s Odinga drops out of AU chairmanship race

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Energy
Published on 12/11/2024

False posts claim bus running on natural gas killed 18 in Nigeria

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Published on 08/11/2024

False post claims CAF ordered replay of Nigeria-Libya football match

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Published on 06/11/2024

Image of Nigerian opposition leader Peter Obi inside train with Lagos governor is altered

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Published on 01/11/2024

Misleading posts claim that southwestern Nigerian state has been split into two

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