Photo of man with wheelbarrow does not show Chelsea and French football star N’Golo Kante

Published on 09/09/2021 at 18:02

A photo of a man with a wheelbarrow has been shared thousands of times on social media in Africa and beyond, alongside a claim that it shows French-born football star N’Golo Kante in 2009 before he became famous. But this is false: contacted by AFP Fact Check, Kante’s former trainers confirmed the person in the image was not the Chelsea midfielder.

Emmanuel Macron was not slapped for disregarding Covid-19 sanitary protocols

Updated on 17/06/2021 at 10:51

These photos show mother of sextuplets in Texas, not Malian mom who had nine babies

Updated on 12/05/2021 at 13:23

This video shows clashes in Iraq in 2020, not at Chad’s presidential palace

Published on 23/04/2021 at 14:41

These pictures show a design concept of a house created by a Russia-based architect

Published on 16/04/2021 at 07:04

Old hoax about forced polygamy in Eritrea resurfaces online

Updated on 28/01/2021 at 17:08

Obama has publicly endorsed Covid-19 vaccines and not warned Africans against them

Published on 07/01/2021 at 13:41

These drugs are COVID-19 treatments, not vaccines, and they are available in Western countries

Published on 30/09/2020 at 15:54

This video does not show a fight between Somalia’s president and his deputy

Published on 25/08/2020 at 08:45

Doctored photo is latest attack on Bill Gates amid COVID-19 vaccine push

Updated on 13/05/2020 at 16:49

This footage was taken during an electoral campaign months before the pandemic

Published on 17/04/2020 at 18:08

Video shows Zimbabwe police beating opposition members, not churchgoers defying virus rules

Published on 24/03/2020 at 14:32

These couples are getting married in Uganda — not divorced in Ghana

Published on 17/04/2019 at 16:48