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Scam: Beware of fake Facebook account running promotions in the name of Kenya's Nakuru county woman representative Liz Chelule IN SHORT: Given the legislator's leadership position, many would be easily fooled if she were to offer promotions and loans. But this is a fake account. Loans are available for Kenyans living in the Rift Valley county of Nakuru – at least that's what the Facebook account Hon Liz  (Source: Africa Check)

False: No, photo doesn't show alleged Kenyan cult leader's house 'built by followers' IN SHORT: A Facebook post claims to show a luxury home in the Kenyan coastal city Mombasa, owned by cult leader Paul Mackenzie. But the page impersonates president William Ruto's daughter, and the house is actually in the United States. Paul Mackenzie, a self-styled religious lea (Source: Africa Check)

False: Video shows residents of Kenya's northern Wajir region protesting over police killings, not maize meal prices IN SHORT: A video shared on Twitter in early May 2023 purporting to show protesters in Wajir, Kenya, demanding cheaper maize flour was about something else entirely. A video posted on Twitter in early May 2023 shows a protest in Wajir, a town in the northeastern county of the sam (Source: Africa Check)

Fake: Fake: US Permits Ukraine to Strike Russia’s New Territories This information is fake. The White House did not permit Ukraine to strike Russian territory. On the contrary, the White House’s National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby stated that the US does not ‘enable or encourage’ the Ukrainian Forces to str (Source: StopFake)

Fake: Fake: Surrender of Bakhmut Will Collapse The Front to Western Borders of Ukraine Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov did not say that surrendering Bakhmut will lead to the collapse of the front to the western borders of Ukraine. Kremlin media and social media users began to spread information that the surre (Source: StopFake)

Fake: Fake: Ukrainian General Admits that Country’s Professional Army “Has Already Been Knocked Out” General Melnyk, who is quoted by Russian media, did not make any statements about the “destruction of the combat-ready part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces”. Melnyk spoke about the need to replenish the resources of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with Western equipment and new trained  (Source: StopFake)

Fake: Fake: Kateryna Prokopenko Becomes an Influential German Politician There is no evidence that the wife of the Azov regiment commander Kateryna Prokopenko is engaged in any political activities, especially in Germany. Prokopenko, as the head of the public organization ‘Association of Families of Azovstal Defenders, visited Germany in early April t (Source: StopFake)

Fake: Fake: Ukrainian Minister Urges to Forbid Russian and Belarusian Tennis Players to Win Matches With Ukrainians Dmytro Kuleba never made such statements. In his comment to Express media, Kuleba noted that the Russian and Belarusian tennis player being admitted to Wimbledon will be a victory for Russian propaganda and a sign of collapsing West. The Kremlin media spread a fake statement by t (Source: StopFake)

Fake: Fake: Ukraine Stages Aspirational Videos to Raise Morale Among the Military A video circulating online shows the filming of the short feature film ‘Hope’. The behind-the-scenes videos were taken from the TikTok account of the director Artem Kocharyan, who currently lives in Latvia. The film is based on the real story of his Ukraine acquaintance – a pregn (Source: StopFake)

Fake: Fake: Ukraine Serves Drafting Papers and Confiscates Cars in an Enclosed Village The events that took place on April 7 in the Stare Selo village of Rivne region are completely unrelated to the drafting process. According to the Rivne Regional Police press service, police officers together with National Guardsmen, Ukrainian Security Service representatives and (Source: StopFake)

Fake: Fake: Photo and Video Recording to Be Banned At Ukrainian Cemeteries   There is no such law draft on the Ukrainian parliament’s website, nor is there any information about this initiative. The screenshot of the Ukrinform website is fake, as the informational agency did not publish this news either. Social media users are spreading information about  (Source: StopFake)

Fake: Fake: Ukraine Actively Recruits Female Chemists and Biologists In Ukraine, mobilization for women is not compulsory, regardless of their specialties. Currently, about 5,000 women are voluntarily serving in the military. A number of Russian sources and social media users are spreading information about the alleged increased mobilization of wo (Source: StopFake)

Fake: Fake: Russia Will Face No Consequences Because of The Hague’s Decision in Favor of Naftohaz If Russia refuses to voluntarily comply with the Arbitration Tribunal’s decision, Naftohaz has the right to start enforcing it in those states where Russia’s assets are located. The Russian media reacted with a wave of disinformation to the Arbitration Tribunal’s decision at the  (Source: StopFake)

Bad Chemistry: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and treatments for the virus do come from snake venom and the vaccines do cause humans to produce venom in their bodies. Nicotine is the "perfect antidote" for COVID, making the vaccines unnecessary. Bad ChemistryDo COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and treatments for the virus come from snake venom and do the vaccines then cause humans to produce venom in their bodies? In addition, is nicotine the "perfect antidote" for COVID, making the vaccines unnecessary? No, none of those things a (Source: Lead Stories)