Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:
Claim: Covid-19 vaccines trigger multiple sclerosis
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Channels Nigeria TV promises to help Nigerians double their money within an hour.
Verdict: SCAM
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Video of off-road car taken by flooded river filmed in South Africa
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Image supposedly of weapons seized from Ethiopian government forces by Fano militants at Wolleka town, Amhara region, in June 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: An image of a flamingo sculpture supposedly at Nakuru’s Lanet airport
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: United Nations vehicles crossing Tekeze Bridge while secretly ferrying Tigray fighters to Welkait Tegede in June 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Ethiopian artist Felagot Abraham, alias Lej Magna, was shot and hospitalised
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Image shows an overcrowded beach in China
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Nation Media Group (NMG) has stopped business transactions with four Kenyan national government ministries
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
