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26th May: Africa Fact Check Round-Up

Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:

Claim: Video show children who were forced to kill and eat babies by a satanic cult

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Kenya’s Nuru Gas Company looking for ‘passionate workers’ to hire

Verdict: SCAM

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Roto Tank Moulders offers huge discounts on Roto water tanks manufactured by Roto Moulders Limited, a company in Kenya.

Verdict: SCAM

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Kenya’s Nairobi county buy KSh1 billion worth of stationery

Verdict: FAKE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Nigeria’s ministry of interior asked Nigerians to get a certificate for enduring president Buhari’s two terms in office

Verdict: FAKE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved federal executive council

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: “Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence was part of the 19 lawmakers who endorsed Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai in 2017.”

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Dubawa

Claim: Tuface prays for his wife as she battles cancer.

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Dubawa

Claim: PalmPay Nigeria is running promotion on Facebook

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: Kenya’s Attorney General Justin Muturi has resigned 

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: German supermarket chain Aldi is offering free money in a promotion

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: Image of the conflict in Gojjam, Amhara region of Ethiopia in May 2023

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) instruct candidates to fear women

Verdict: ALTERED

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: Image of the aftermath of an arson attack in Addis Ababa in 2023

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: Video of former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta being blocked from accessing the Bomas of Kenya on 18 May 2023 for the Jubilee National Delegates Conference (NDC)

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: Solar panels cannot generate electricity when it is overcast

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

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