Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:
Claim: President Muhammadu Buhari sacked the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele from his job
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: The first indication of the fatty and inflamed liver is a potty belle
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: The UK finally declares IPOB a terrorist group, bars members from asylum
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: You can cure cancer with diet and supplements
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: An image shared on Facebook claims to show Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arresting artist Henok Dinku
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: A Facebook post claims to show Italian troops surrendering to the Ethiopian army in 1896
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Ugandan musician Joseph Mayanja, better known as Jose Chameleon is dead
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: An image shared on Facebook claims to show captured soldiers marching to the Amhara region in May 2022
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: A Facebook post with an image claims to show an explosion in Bati town, Oromia special zone of the Amhara regional state, Ethiopia
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Mayor of Addis Ababa Adanech Abebe on a film poster
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Jawar Mohammed’s arrest by Kenyan Police
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: An image shared on Facebook claims to show a drone attack on a group affiliated with Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) named Samri in May 2022
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Ethiopian poet Belay Bekele Weya holding a placard written “Forgive us Jawar”
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: A Facebook post with an image claims to show the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) army deployed in the Amhara regional state
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Microsoft Co-Founder, Bill Gates, has been suspended from Twitter
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Facebook post with images claims to show the destruction of the Donbas region of Ukraine by Russia
Verdict: PARTLY FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
