russia Vladimir Putin No, Russian president Putin hasn’t ‘revealed’ that Jesus was black – images of a black Jesus go back centuries
Kenya DNA testing No, Kenya’s health cabinet secretary Nakhumicha didn't say ‘DNA tests for newborns are now mandatory’. Ignore viral claim
nigeria US dollar Ignore social media claims that the US dollar was selling at N1,000 on Nigeria’s unofficial ‘parallel’ exchange market
Bassirou Diomaye Faye #ElectionSenegal2024 Ousmane Sonko No, Senegal’s new president Faye hasn’t told France to ‘leave Senegal alone’ – old altered video of politician Sonko
fake South Africa Donald Trump uMkhonto weSizwe Artificial Intelligence AI south africa election meta check Elections AI-generated No, former US president Donald Trump has not backed South Africa’s newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe Party – video doctored
fake Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta William Ruto meeting fake graphic ‘Uhuru to meet Ruto’ – beware of doctored image and fabricated graphics attributed to Kenyan media houses
false Uganda Yoweri Museveni Natasha Museveni appointed bank governor false claim No, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni didn’t appoint his daughter as new central bank governor
scam Nigeria government giveaway cash offers small businesses small business grant online scam Nigerian government not giving away N500,000 to 13,000 small businesses. Ignore engagement bait Facebook posts
false Nigeria beating All Progressives Congress chairperson false claim No, beaten man in viral video not a local government chair from Nigeria’s ruling party
fake Kenya poll Infotrak performance ranking principal secretaries fake images Fake photo ‘Fake poll alert!’ Kenyan polling firm Infotrak did not publish performance ranking of Kenya’s principal secretaries
false South Africa Lira Lerato Molapo uMkhonto weSizwe south africa election meta check false claim Elections No, South African singer Lira has not joined or endorsed newly formed political party uMkhonto weSizwe