A Facebook post published on November 24, 2022 (archived here) amid a deadly drought crisis in the Horn of Africa claims to show an image of dead cattle in Ethiopia. The...
Author - Linda Ngari
Linda is a fact-checking and data journalist. She was the Piga Firimbi editor. She is passionate about acquiring and utilising OSINT tools and skills to tell stories that matter to a modern day tech-savvy audience in innovative ways.
A tweet archived here claims that the 2003 heatwave allegedly killed 80,000 people in Europe and out of these, 20,000 were apparently from France. Background The tweet...
This tweet claims that global warming is a hoax, citing reasons that Southern Calif had cold weather. Similar claims have risen online before, questioning the reality of...
A tweet published here on January 17, 2023 claims that 2003 was Europe’s hottest year on record. Background 2022 was the world’s fifth hottest year on record. It is also...
This tweet alleges that humans have supposedly had a minimal effect on global warming, concluding; “nothing we can do”. Background According to a report on Our World in...
A tweet archived here, replies to a tweet stating that humans are the dominant influence on climate. In the reply, the tweet dismisses these sentiments, responding that...
A tweet published on January 15, 2023, indicates that “2022 is recorded in history as the hottest year.”. The statement is also the headline attached to the...
This image showing starving children was published on the Somali TV Facebook page on October 6, 2022 amid a deadly drought crisis reported across the Horn of Africa...
This screenshot from the Ghanaian Citizen TV Facebook page claims to show a car stuck on a muddy road in Ghana. Background While parts of the Horn of Africa have...
An image showing a flooded classroom where students are seated on rocks was published on the Nairaland platform here and here. One of the posts contains the caption;...


