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BobiWine_Fake

Ugandan politician Bobi Wine’s secret ‘lavish mansion’ in Boston, USA? No, doctored photo of house in Florida

Fuel_False

No, South Africa’s deputy transport minister didn’t say fuel prices ‘never went up in past 25 years’

Kajiado_PartlyFalse

No, only one of these photos shows recent Kenyan military helicopter crash – other snapped in 2012

Malnutrition_False

Photo of starving woman from the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, unrelated to ongoing conflict in Tigray region

Pheonix_False

No, man in viral photos not suspect in Phoenix killings, misidentified online

pHOENIX_fALSE

No, photo of dead bodies face-down in water not from Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal

MTN_False

No, MTN not giving out cash, phones for 20th anniversary

Tweet_False

No, Uganda didn’t revoke Covid-19 cash relief and prime minister didn’t tweet about it

Gumi_False

No, Nigeria’s senate minority leader didn’t say he supports pro-Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu

Nigeriapolitics_False

No, Nigeria suspended cop Kyari did not say Buhari, Obasanjo involved in internet fraud

Wanyama_False

No, king of Buganda isn’t dead and Ugandan media exec didn’t say so

Nyongo_False

Kenyan governor Anyang’ Nyong’o alive – ignore reports he died in July 2021