Africa is home to 55 countries, an ancient and complex history, modern cities, some 3,000 languages and over a billion people. From Algeria to Zimbabwe, here’s a snapshot of each country on a continent you need to know more about.
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23 June 2024 – The false claim tries shift blame for the centuries-long transatlantic slave trade.
17 June 2024 – South Africa has seen decades of xenophobic violence against people from elsewhere on the continent. But the video was shot in Haiti, and shows an attack on suspected members of powerful gangs.
11 June 2024 – The distressing video of two bloodied women being beaten up and sexually assaulted was shot on a road near Kampala. There’s no evidence that anyone involved was South African or Nigerian.
7 May 2024 – Photos of a student left dead in a gutter in Nigeria have been misused to score political points in Liberia.
5 May 2024 – False claims about the size and changing fortunes of African airlines have been circulating online for years. The privately owned Air Peace is doing well, but it’s not Africa’s largest.
1 April 2024 – The viral video appeared online after a spate of school kidnappings by militants in northern Nigeria. But it shows a different conflict, in Cameroon.
12 March 2024 – The “Nigerian drug dealer” is one of many harmful stereotypes of migrants in South Africa. But the video was shot in the West African country of Liberia.
12 March 2024 – The conspiracist website Real Raw News makes up false stories about public figures it dislikes being executed at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay. Its latest subject is the World Health Organization’s Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu.
20 February 2024 – There was no violence after South Africa lost to Nigeria in their Africa Cup of Nations football semifinal, despite a controversial Nigerian embassy warning. Photos used to claim otherwise are from 2019.
5 February 2024 – The woman stripped and beaten is not the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s elections commissioner. All she did was cast an unpopular vote.
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