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27th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up

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

Claim: Kenyan opposition leaders split over controversial finance law

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Nigerian president Bola Tinubu fall during a tour of the new national security adviser office in Abuja

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta calls his successor William Ruto a ‘conman’ and ‘liar’ after Ruto’s 2023 national day speech

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Photo show pre-colonial Igbo architecture in southeast Nigeria

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: South African government is giving away 10GB of data to every household

Verdict: SCAM

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Kenya’s national electricity grid mix is 92% green.

Verdict: TRUE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Headquarters of the main opposition party — All People’s Congress (APC), has been attacked by armed military men who fired multiple tear gas and ammunition into the party’s office. 

Verdict: TRUE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Robbers involved in the recent Ablekuma bullion van attack have been apprehended.

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Dubawa – Ghana

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