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
snake Saudi Arabia Video of a woman working in kitchen next to giant snake not ‘of a Kenyan maid in Saudi Arabia’ – it’s an old, unrelated video from Indonesia
Nigeria skyscraper Railway Russia building Nigeria false claim development Photos on social media don’t show Russian engineers building a skyscraper and a railway in Nigeria’s Aba town
Nigeria CDC head hanged Chikwe Ihekweazu false claim development No, top WHO official and former Nigeria CDC head Ihekweazu wasn’t hanged at Guantanamo Bay – claim by notorious disinformation site
Kenya AU Commission Raila Odinga Faki Mahamat governance Photo of AU Commission chair candidate Raila Odinga meeting with incumbent Faki Mahamat is from 2022, not 2024