A clutch of international media publications recently reported that nearly half of all child deaths in Africa stem from hunger. But the evidence cited doesn’t support this.
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Think before you share! Old, misleading videos said to be of xenophobic violence in SA are going viral 
Unproven that Hillbrow, nearby areas are ‘80% foreign national’ as claimed in much-shared video 
No evidence ‘nearly half of all child deaths in Africa stem from hunger’ 
No, adolescents don’t account for half of new HIV infections in Kenya 
No evidence for big millions of jobs claim by Nigerian senior official 
Nairobi produces a fifth of Kenya’s GDP – not 45%, as the Guardian claimed