Colonial-era wigs were never part of Burkina Faso’s courtroom attire
Amid a decade-long push by African countries to abolish colonial-era wigs in judicial systems, posts have surfaced online claiming Burkina Faso’s President Captain Ibrahim Traore has officially banned ...
Video from September 2024 shows 16 abducted children found in Nigeria, not 200
Social media users in Nigeria have shared a video in January 2025 claiming it showed 200 missing children who were found in a ...
AI-generated clips shared as 'real footage' of Los Angeles wildfires
As deadly wildfires obliterated neighbourhoods across Los Angeles, AI-generated clips of the inferno circulated in social ...
Old video surfaces with false claim it shows 'Muslims praying during LA fires'
As deadly wildfires wreaked havoc in a wide area of Los Angeles in January 2025, social media users have shared an old video ...
Old photos falsely linked to baseless claims of 'Chinese spy arrests' in S.Korea
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has defended his failed martial law bid by rehashing baseless claims of voter ...