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
Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli colonisation Africa No, Israeli prime minister Netanyahu didn’t say he would ‘recolonise’ Africa after he ‘finished Palestine’ – 2016 speech taken out of context
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Covid-19 Covid-19 vaccine Africa No, Covid vaccination in Africa not just 6%, as tweet claims – uptake improving
Asia Africa continent No, Africa isn’t the largest continent but its depiction on popular maps is misleading
Pfizer Coronavirus Covid-19 Vaccine Claims about Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19 not made by US Food and Drug Administration