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Scam: No, Kenya's Inua Jamii programme does not give loans - Facebook account and page fake IN SHORT: Kenyan social media is awash with fake Facebook pages and accounts making bogus offers. This account and page are trying to profit by using the name of a Kenyan government programme meant to help the most vulnerable. The Facebook account Inua Okoa Loans and the page Inu (Source: Africa Check)
False: Emaciated victims of Kenyan starvation 'cult'? No, photo from Uganda IN SHORT : In a shocking story that has attracted international attention, the bodies of several members of a reclusive church have been exhumed in Kenya. But one photo making the rounds on social media is not of the survivors. In April 2023 Kenya was gripped by the gruesome stor (Source: Africa Check)
Satire: Is former US president Barack Obama relocating to Kenya? No, it's an April Fools' Day joke IN SHORT: There is no evidence that former US president Barack Obama will move to Kenya in June 2023. The article was meant as a joke, but some social media users believed it. " President Obama to Relocate to Kenya in June!! " reads the heading of a Facebook post published 4 Apri (Source: Africa Check)
Fake: Doctored video of US president Joe Biden supposedly condemning transgender women still making the rounds IN SHORT: A supreme court ruling on freedom of association for the gay community has dominated public debate in Kenya since February 2023. But an altered video appearing to show the US president making controversial comments about transgender women continues to be shared on Whats (Source: Africa Check)
False: Are you at risk of catching leptospirosis when drinking from a tin can? No, ignore false warning IN SHORT: The claim that dried mouse urine found on tin cans could infect people with leptospira has resurfaced on Facebook. But the bacteria that causes the infectious disease can't survive on dry surfaces. A Facebook post circulating in March 2023 in South Africa warns readers (Source: Africa Check)
The government has r...: The government has reached its target of recruiting 20,000 more police officers in England and Wales. "In 2019 we promised to recruit 20,000 additional police officers in England and Wales to make our streets safer and protect communities. Today, I'm pleased to say we have delivered that promise." Rishi Sunak, 26 April 2023 . "By meeting this remit there are now around 150,000 po (Source: Full Fact)
There are now a reco...: There are now a record number of police officers in England and Wales. "In 2019 we promised to recruit 20,000 additional police officers in England and Wales to make our streets safer and protect communities. Today, I'm pleased to say we have delivered that promise." Rishi Sunak, 26 April 2023 . "By meeting this remit there are now around 150,000 po (Source: Full Fact)
Propaganda Diary 2022-2023: VoxCheck presents the database of Russian propaganda in the European mass media Last year, VoxCheck presented the first database of Russian disinformation narratives in two European media — Italian and German. On the eve of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, these countries were the main targets of Kremlin propaganda in Europe.
This year, VoxCheck (Source: Vox Ukraine)