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Nigerian police rescued over 300 people from a house in Kaduna state in 2019, not 2025 as suggested online

IN SHORT: In September 2019, Nigerian police rescued over 300 people from a supposed Islamic school after its operators were ...
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Video clip of South African politician Fikile Mbalula saying ‘we don’t have a state, we’re run by cartels’ shared out of context

We don’t have a state, we don’t have a government. We’re run by cartels and thugs,” says South African politician Fikile ...
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South Africans beware, there is no ‘learnership applications and training programme’ from power utility Eskom

ESKOM LEARNERSHIP APPLICATIONS TRAINING PROGRAMME 2025,” begins a message circulating on Facebook and WhatsApp in September ...
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Your womb doesn't need cleaning; ignore "natural cleansing remedy" circulating on Facebook

As a woman you need to clean your womb with this natural remedy” reads a Facebook post that claims that issues such as period ...
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Ignore fake front page claiming that former Kenyan deputy president’s political party is dead

IN SHORT: An image circulating online, styled to look like the front page of Kenya’s Standard newspaper, claims that Rigathi Gachagua’s newly formed Democracy for Citizens Party is dead. But the front ...