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
false Kenya Standard Group bankruptcy bankrupt false claim Kenyan media house Standard Group has not declared bankruptcy. Ignore fake ‘insolvency’ notice
scam Nigeria Ramadan seasonal gifts gifts giveaway OPay online scam Ignore claims of ‘Ramadan seasonal gifts’ from Nigerian mobile money operator OPay
scam Nigeria government grants loans bogus loans online scam Engagement bait scam – ignore fake travel agency accounts promoting Nigerian government ‘grants and loans on Facebook
false Kenya Kenya trade union Francis Atwoli dead death death hoax false claim Ignore rumours that prominent Kenyan trade union leader Francis Atwoli has died
false Kenya Brian Chira funeral heavy traffic traffic false claim Kenyan TikToker Brian Chira’s funeral was packed, but these photos of heavy traffic are unrelated
false Nigeria civil war south-eastern Nigeria false claim No, repeat of 1960s civil war not under way in south-eastern Nigeria
false Kenya quarantine KTN News STD syphilis false claim Health No, Kenya’s Star newspaper didn’t publish story about news anchor being quarantined due to a newsroom STD outbreak
false Nigeria Alex Otti Abia state arrest false claim No, Nigeria’s Abia state governor Alex Otti has not ordered the arrest of predecessors over ‘missing N100 billion’
fake Nigeria Jacob Zuma prison photoshop digitally altered fake images south africa election meta check Old doctored photo of former South African president Jacob Zuma in prison uniform resurfaces on social media in Nigeria
scam Kenya Sharon Jeps motorbikes giveaway online scam Easy Copia credit for motorbikes in Kenya? No, Facebook account ‘Sharon Jeps’ is a scam
false Kenya M-shwari Loan M-Shwari loans bogus loans false claim scam Exposing three fake Facebook accounts offering bogus loans in the name of mobile banking product M-Shwari