“photo on X (formerly Twitter), purportedly of Kenyan President William Ruto”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
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“Photo shows a prisoner from Sednaya Prison in Syria.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The viral photo is from the War Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and not a real photo of a prisoner from Sednaya Prison in Syria.
“post claiming to show a bus crash in Saudi Arabia in which 20 Ethiopians were killed in November 2024”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“post on X (formerly Twitter) with a front cover purportedly of the 6–8 December 2024 edition of The Star”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“post on X (formerly Twitter) with a video purportedly of a plane carrying ex-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad crashing near Homs in December 2024”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“post on X (formerly Twitter) with a video purportedly showing a traffic snarl-up due to evacuations following an earthquake in California in December 2024”
PesaCheck rated this: Partly False
“post on X (formerly Twitter), with an image purportedly of thousands of tractors heading to London”
PesaCheck rated this: Partly False
“poster on TikTok, purportedly advertising a cleaning job at the residence of USAID Kenya Mission Director David Gosney”
PesaCheck rated this: Hoax
“Qoraalkan la soo dhigay X (horay loo oran jiray Twitter) ee lagu sheegay inuu yahay dad ka tirsan beel Soomaaliyeed oo boobaya makhaasiin ay hay’adda cunnada adduunka (WFP) ku leedahay magaalada Laascaanood”
PesaCheck rated this: Satire
“screenshot posted on Facebook, purportedly of a Daily Monitor article about journalist Raymond Mujuni”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“Sitting in 40°C water can lead to 500g-3kg weight loss”
First Check rated this: Medical experts say no evidence to support the claim
“Syria: A 500-year-old Torah scroll was found in Assad’s basement this morning.”
Youturn rated this: false
“tamarind seeds can cure arthritis”
THIP Media rated this: False
“The video shows the demolition of the Babri Masjid being displayed on huge screens in Bangladesh.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The incident in the video is from Thane, Maharashtra, not Bangladesh. There are no media reports on such screenings happening in Bangladesh.
“The visuals showing uniformed individuals opening a 500-year-old Torah manuscript found in the basement of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s residence.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The viral video shows Tunisian authorities seizing a rare 15th-century Torah manuscript in Ben Arous, Tunisia, from smugglers on 10 March 2017. The manuscript, made of calfskin and spanning 37 meters, contains all five …
“This letter shared on Facebook, supposedly from the Clerk of the National Assembly, Samuel Njoroge”
PesaCheck rated this: Fake
“une image prétendant montrer la ville de Ménaka au nord du Mali”
PesaCheck rated this: Partly False
“une image prétendant montrer un crocodile qui s’est échoué à Kinshasa, en République démocratique du Congo (RDC)”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“une image prétendant montrer un navire de guerre quittant le port de Niamey pour approvisionner Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso et Bamako au Mali en armement”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“une image prétendant présenter une mine d’uranium au Niger”
PesaCheck rated this: Partly False