Claims that a female Chinese national suspected to have COVID-19 had been stoned to death in Nyali, Mombasa, after failing to go to the hospital have been making the...
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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.
Claims that the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has suspended rent for 3 months because of COVID-19 have been circulating online. @KTNNewsKE @ahmednasirlaw...
The image above has been circulating online with claims that the man in the picture is Uganda’s COVID-19 patient zero. FIRST CORONA VICTIM IN UGANDANow finally it's...
Claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin has released 800 tigers and lions all over the country as a measure to keep people at home in the wake of the COVID-19...
This message (see above image) has been shared severally on WhatsApp and, as can be seen below, on Twitter as well. It warns Africans to avoid wearing secondhand...
This image (see above and below) has been shared multiple times on WhatsApp by Kenyan users. Background Kenya confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on the 13th of March...
A claim that has taken the Internet by storm is that the rollout of the 5G networks in Wuhan, China caused the new Coronavirus. American singer/actress, Keri Hilson...
A tweep shared a post (see below) on the 5th of March 2020 with the caption “Armes saisies au port de Dar-Salam á destination de Tanganyika chez Zoé kabila” which...
On Wednesday, March 4th, a video, purportedly of Rwandan soldiers captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo, started making the rounds on social media sites. On one...
On 15th March 2020, President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived at Harambee House to give a press statement on the Coronavirus pandemic, in a car whose front number plate was...