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FACT CHECK: Solar panel factory in Borno State not Africa’s ‘biggest’ for production capacity

POPULAR Twitter account Africa Facts Zone repeated a widespread claim in August 2019 that Nigeria’s Borno State has the...
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FACT CHECK: Are Shoprite supermarkets in Nigeria franchise outlets?

FOLLOWING recent xenophobic attacks and violent reactions in Nigeria that have seen properties of companies believed to be owned...
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FACT CHECK: Trending video of South African Police Deputy Minister is from 2017

ON September 2, Signal, an online newspaper designed to produce exclusive reports on politics, policy, governance among others posted...
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FACT CHECK: Two recently shared pictures, video are not from fresh xenophobic attacks

XENOPHOBIC attacks in South Africa have become more prominent, particularly in the past one week, with many foreign nationals...
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G7 2019 summit: Why Nigeria was not invited

THE G7 2019 summit held in France between August 24 and  26 had come and gone.  The G7 annual meeting...
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FACT CHECK: Photos of burnt animals in popular tweet aren’t from fires in Amazon

IN August 2019 many news outlets reported that the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, was burning at an alarming...
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