African Union Issues ‘Travel Advisory’ for U.S.
A political cartoon was misreported online as being a real warning for African travelers regarding "continued instability" in the U.S.
View ArticleTrump Says Africans Are Poor Because They Think of Sex Instead of Farming?
The quote originated on questionable blogs in 2015.
View ArticleThree United States Army Special Commandos Killed in Niger
Several Niger soldiers were also killed in a suspected Al-Qaida attack during a joint patrol near the Mali border.
View ArticleAfrican Union Issues ‘Travel Advisory’ for U.S.
A political cartoon was misreported online as being a real warning for African travelers regarding "continued instability" in the U.S.
View ArticleTrump Says Africans Are Poor Because They Think of Sex Instead of Farming?
The quote originated on questionable blogs in 2015.
View ArticleThree United States Army Special Commandos Killed in Niger
Several Niger soldiers were also killed in a suspected Al-Qaida attack during a joint patrol near the Mali border.
View ArticleUnited States to Reverse Ban on Wildlife Trophies?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it was reversing a ban on the import of legally-hunted elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia, then put a hold on the decision pending further review.
View ArticleIs There a ‘New Outbreak’ of HPV That ‘Kills Faster than AIDS’?
A fabricated health scare that originated in Africa got a new lease on life in November 2017.
View ArticleDo Photographs Depict the Libyan Slave Trade?
An emotive Facebook post about the slave trade in Libya used photographs that were either unrelated to the slave trade or whose sources are unknown.
View ArticleSnowfall in the Sahara Desert?
The meteorological phenomenon is rare, but not unprecedented.
View ArticleWas Rihanna Banned From Senegal For Being Part of the ‘Illuminati’?
For once, a notorious purveyor of fake news gets some details right, but gets the overall story wrong.
View ArticleIs the Shoebill Stork a Real Animal?
Images and videos of the shoebill stork, a large African bird, are often met with skepticism.
View ArticleDid a Man from Zimbabwe Invent an Electric Car That Requires No Charging?
The Internet is full of dubious claims regarding a genius Zimbabwean inventor, but nobody has ever actually seen his technology work.
View ArticleKenyan Author, LGBT Activist Binyavanga Wainaina Dies at 48
He helped to create tolerance for the LGBT community by coming out publicly as gay in Kenya, a country where laws still criminalize homosexual behavior.
View ArticleBotswana Hires Hollywood Firm to Fight Elephant Hunting PR
The firm will be paid $125,000 over the next two months — with the possibility of more work to come — for developing talking points that "articulate Botswana's policy on elephant hunting."
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