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27th April: Africa Fact Check Round-Up

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

Claim: Senator Orji Uzor Kalu said Ndigbo must Hold Peter Obi responsible if he fails to be the next Senate President

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Kenya’s first lady Rachel Ruto at prayer meeting with suspected cult leader Paul Mackenzie

Verdict: FAKE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Veteran Kenyan politician Raila Odinga appointed security company chair

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Nigeria’s financial crimes commission arrest former minister of aviation in April 2023

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Tricycle made by Nigerian local car company Innoson

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Mr Yofi Grant, CEO of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, has said Ghana’s economy grew at 4.8% in the third quarter of 2022 amidst a global economic slowdown.

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Dubawa – Ghana

Claim: Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines manufactured by Pfizer and Moderna pharma companies are no longer authorised in the United States

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: Link posted online claimed to be a live discussion between Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) party leader Jawar Mohammed and Al Jazeera

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: Sudanese troops withdrawing from Ethiopia due to the conflict in their country in April 2023

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: health worker fixing a surgical light in the middle of a medical procedure in a Ugandan hospital

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: USSD code that allow customers to borrow money from the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)

Verdict: HOAXES

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: Conflict in Dejen, in the Amhara region of Ethiopia in April 2023

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: Elon Musk increased Twitter Blue subscription to $15 per month in April 2023

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

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