Coronavirus: Fact-checking fake stories in Africa

As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases across Africa passed the one million mark this week, we’ve looked into some of the widely shared fake news about the pandemic on the continent.

Claim: Ghana’s president has endorsed a conspiracy theory video

Verdict: False

A voice recording endorsing various false conspiracies about the coronavirus pandemic has been attributed to the President of Ghana. We aren’t sure who’s speaking. It is a West African accent, but…