Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:
Claim: Mttn is giving Frèè Data
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Kampala’s deputy mayor endorse Uganda ruling party candidate for Makerere University election
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: South Africa’s ConCourt has ruled that unmarried couples who live together for three years have the same rights as couples married in a community of property
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: An image shared on Facebook claims to show an Ethiopian Air Force drone destroying the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) training centre in Axum town
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: An image of a Facebook post claims to show an attack on Tigray Forces by the Ethiopian Air Force at the Maytsebri battlefront
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: A Facebook post with an image claims to show the Ethiopian Air Forces attacking Tigray forces in North Gonder using drones
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: An image shared on Facebook claims to show a bus that plunged into the ocean at the ferry crossing in Mombasa on 14 December 2021
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: A Facebook image claims to show the Ethiopian Air Force using drones to attack Tigray Forces
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: A website claims to offer COVID-19 relief grants in the name of Kenya’s former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is dead
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: A Facebook post claims to show a photo of Deputy President William Ruto at the Azimio La Umoja Convention at the Kasarani Stadium
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
