Claim: A picture shows Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Geoffrey Onyeama standing with a Palestinian official, in April 2024, to show support for Palestine in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Fact: The picture shows Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Geoffrey Onyeama receiving Italian ambassador to Nigeria in May 2022. On 14 April 2024, Threads […]
Claim: A photo shows a boat overcrowded with migrants sinking in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Pylos, Greece. Fact: The photo is from July 2014, when a shipping company TORM, involved in search and rescue operations, rescued migrants from the Mediterranean Sea. Fact or Fiction? On 17 June 2023, Megh Updates (@MeghUpdates) shared […]
Claim: European countries stopped using the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after cases of blood clots were reported. Fact: Some European countries temporarily paused the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s vaccine. At least 18 of these countries have now removed the pause. Thromboembolic Events with Blood Clots During the first three weeks of March, countries across Europe temporarily paused […]