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James Okong'o

Kenya, Nairobi
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  • ‘Hashtags for hire’: How paid digital mercenaries meddled in Kenyan and Nigerian polls

    Aug 12, 2024 | yahoo.com | James Okong'o

    Influential bloggers in Kenya and Nigeria said key political players regularly hired their services to operate fake accounts, sway public opinion and fan tensions during elections. Kenya went to the polls in 2022, followed by Nigeria a year later. Both presidential races were keenly contested and unleashed an avalanche of false claims targeting key candidates.

  • Old photos of crackdown on Kenyan sect falsely linked to anti-government rallies

    Jul 26, 2024 | yahoo.com | James Okong'o

    James OKONG'O / AFP Africa / AFP KenyaJuly 26, 2024 at 9:34 AM·3 min readFor over a month, Kenya has seen anti-government protests that rights groups say have been met with disproportionate use of force by police. Amid this political crisis, a set of images showing police allegedly beating a man emerged online. However, the images in question are not related to the recent demonstrations or the discovery of bodies at a quarry.

  • Clip showing a flooded road was filmed in Nigeria, not Ghana

    Jul 23, 2024 | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | James Okong'o

    James OKONG'O / AFP Africa / AFP Kenya23 July 2024 at 6:03 am·1-min readFloods hit Accra in early July after the Ghanaian capital experienced a heavy downpour. Soon after, a clip emerged online claiming to show vehicles submerged in flood waters in Accra. But this is false: the video captured flooding in Lagos, Nigeria. “Somewhere in Accra,” reads the X post published on July 3, 2024.

  • Video does not show mythical aircraft that ‘vanished for 37 years’

    Jul 17, 2024 | yahoo.com | James Okong'o

    James OKONG'O / AFP KenyaJuly 17, 2024 at 6:51 AM·3 min readThe tale of Pan Am Flight 914 that purportedly disappeared in 1955 and reemerged in 1992 is a recurring legend as sensational as it is fictitious. A TikTok video shared thousands of times claims to depict the mythical aeroplane and says “what was found inside shocked the entire world”. However, the aircraft shown at the start of the clip is an old Boeing converted into a home in Oregon, United States.

  • Old video does not show Ugandan leader warning against upcoming protests

    Jul 9, 2024 | yahoo.com | James Okong'o

    James OKONG'O / AFP KenyaJuly 9, 2024 at 6:51 AM·2 min readThe success of youth-led demonstrations in Kenya has sparked calls in Uganda to fight corruption through street protests. Activists have scheduled a march in the Ugandan capital Kampala for July 23, 2024. Soon after this announcement, a clip emerged online claiming to show President Yoweri Museveni warning those planning on participating.

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