This article dated July 7, 2020, was shared on Twitter with the caption “death penalty over selling of fake sanitizers #Kenya”. It also features a photograph of what...
Author - Peris Gachahi
Peris Gachahi was a reporter at Africa Uncensored. She is passionate about human interest stories told through in-depth documentaries, data stories and digital storytelling.
A Kenyan tweep shared the images below (the tweet has since been deleted) claiming they show what normal lungs vs. COVID-19 infected lungs look like. Both images appear...
This article dated June 30 claims that the European Union (EU) has blacklisted Kenyans from entering its borders when it reopens on July 1. Background As of July 2...
Multiple posts were shared online on June 30 claiming that Kenya’s Central Organization of Trade Union (COTU) Secretary-General Francis Atwoli has been hospitalized...
This article from two weeks ago claims that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda pardoned 833 prisoners in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 among the...
This video (see below) was shared on Twitter with a claim purporting that it shows the condition of non-Muslim unclaimed dead bodies at Osmania Hospital, Hyderabad...
On June 23, a renowned Kenyan journalist shared a photo on Twitter (see above and below) with claims that it shows part of the Nairobi National Park being dug up to pave...
A concerned Ugandan tweep shared the circular below, dated June 25, which is supposedly from Uganda’s Ministry of Education regarding the re-opening of schools. ...
A Nigerian tweep shared the video below showing a police officer brutally assaulting a defenceless man who is lying on the ground, claiming it happened in Nigeria. Black...
A tweep shared this article dated June 2020, by a Congolese blog with claims of a rise in teenage pregnancies in South Kivu. The blog, which is in French, has the...