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- July 2, 2025
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Référendum constitutionnel en Guinée : nouvelle charte, une vulgarisation sur le terrain et sur les réseaux sociaux
Après la présentation de l’avant-projet de la nouvelle Constitution de la République de Guinée au public le 29 juillet 2024, les autorités guinéennes ont lancé une large campagne de vulgarisation…
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- July 2, 2025
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Is ArcelorMittal Liberia’s iron ore concentrator plant largest in Africa?
Claim: Several news portals and social media posts claim the ArcelorMittal iron ore concentrator plant in Liberia is the largest in Africa. Verdict: False. The publications claiming that the ArcelorMittal…
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- July 2, 2025
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Photo purported to be Sierra Leone’s “Lungi Bridge,” U.S. lake
Claim: A Facebook post by Malik Malik Bah shows a photograph labelled “we dey fix ya, #Lungi Bridge,” implying that the long-promised Lungi Bridge by the Sierra Leonean government has…
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- July 2, 2025
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Despite X’s policies, parody accounts continue to spread disinformation
In November 2022, one month after businessman Elon Musk completed his acquisition of X (formerly Twitter), he announced new rules to regulate the platform, amid concerns about a high rate…
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- July 2, 2025
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False! Woman in viral picture beaten by male assailants, not daughter-in-law
Claim: A Facebook page (Female in Africa) on June 1, 2025, posted a picture of a woman with bloody stripes on her back with the claim that the woman was…
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- July 2, 2025
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False! Viral video praising Imo State’s infrastructure, shot in Abia State
Claim: A drone shot shared by X user @VoiceOfIgbo claimed to show infrastructural developments in Owerri, the capital of Imo State in South-East Nigeria. Verdict: False! The video was not…
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- July 1, 2025
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Did President William Ruto resign as claimed by social media users?
Claim: An X user @DanBornoReal claims that Kenyan President William Ruto has resigned from office following a series of protests calling for his resignation. Verdict: False. There is no credible…
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- July 1, 2025
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Shin da gaske ne mataimakin shugaban Najeriya ya tashi daga gidansa bayan gano an makala masa na’urar CCTV
Da’awa: Wani mai amfani da shafin X, Biafra_Daily Mirror (@biafra_daily), yayi da’awa claimed cewa mataimakin shugaban Najeriya, Kashim Shettima, ya tashi daga gidansa da gwamnati ta bashi na kudi naira…
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- June 30, 2025
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Viral claim rat faeces cure appendicitis, false
Claim: A self-proclaimed apostle, Ibraheem Niass Sheikh Kusfa, claimed in a viral video that rat faeces can cure appendicitis if dissolved in water and administered to patients. Verdict: False! No…
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- June 30, 2025
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Does drinking garlic water cure rabies as claimed by X user?
Claim: An X user alleged that drinking garlic juice every morning and evening for two weeks can treat rabies. Verdict: False! Drinking garlic juice every morning and evening for two…