A request was submitted via News Verifier Africa, N-VA’s ‘submit a claim’ portal, to fact-check a work-in-progress documentary script on Sudan. The claim was submitted by a television, film and photographic personnel from the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC. The submitted claim reads: “It is about Sudan and the line I’d like to check is – […]
14th March: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Thumbnail image shows an illegal mine that collapsed in Oromia, Ethiopia Verdict: FALSE Source: Pesa Check Claim: A Facebook image claims to shows Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) troops moving towards the Eritrean border Verdict: FALSE Source: Pesa Check Claim: A Facebook post with images claims to show […]