Kenya Rigathi Gachagua foreign plane attendance funeral false claim Ignore false claim that Kenya’s deputy president used a foreign plane to attend military chief’s funeral
South Africa Covid-19 Coronavirus XBB variant omicron false claim Don’t believe warning about ‘different and deadly’ coronavirus ‘XBB variant’ – old false story circulating again
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
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 bitter kola mango leaves cancer diabetes cure fake cures false claim Health No evidence that an infusion of bitter kola and mango leaves could fight cancer, diabetes and other diseases
false South Africa varicose veins cure fake cures Rosemary laurel false claim Health No, you can’t ‘eliminate’ varicose veins – there is no cure for the condition