Tag: Fact check

AFP's fact-check service debunks misinformation spread online. Here are some of our recent articles on inaccurate claims in the United ...

“Clean your kidneys now. Avoid dialysis,” reads a message posted on Facebook in Nigeria. “Buy garden egg leaves.” The garden ...

Multiple social media posts claim that Nigeria has been ranked third in the 2020 Global Terrorism Index, produced by a ...

From the tragic death of US basketball legend Kobe Bryant to a global pandemic and a massive explosion in Lebanon, the year 2020 gives a new ...

A worrying message widely shared on Facebook warns that infrared thermometers may be “causing potential health issues by aiming an infrared ray ...