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Fact-checks and Social Media Health Reports published by #AFFCameroon fellows, 2020–2025.

Kidnapping of political figures: Use of social media by Separatists to influence the kidnapping of political leaders and traditional authorities to show their strength.
The Anglophone Crisis that started with a strike by teachers and later Common Law lawyers demanding for better recognition of the Anglo-Saxon system alongside the French system that had dominated the educational and law sectors in 2016. It later became an armed conflict with a cross section of youths taking

The killing of Chief of Liwuh La Malale: How Some Elites use the Social Media to Aggravate the North West/South West Divide
As the Anglophone crisis continues to take turns for the worst, Chief Ewome John Eko alias Moja Moja, of Bwassa village in Buea Sub Division of Fako Division, South West Region of Cameroon and a soldier in the Cameroon Defense and Security Force has continuously used hate languages against the

Social Media Expose Belligerents Using Rape as a Weapon of War in the Anglophone Crisis
The Anglophone crisis that started as a peaceful protest later became a bloody war with killings and burning down of houses by both separatist fighters and the forces of law and order, forcing many to flee to safer places within and out of Cameroon. Women and girls have been more

Thème : Crise anglophone : Comment les réseaux sociaux ont attiré l’opinion publique sur la prostitution des jeunes filles au Douala (Bonabéri).
PLAN1- Définition des concepts2- Introduction3- Corpus4- Conclusion5- Recommandation 1.Définition des concepts Crise anglophone : Crise socio-sécuritaire qui sévit dans les régions du Nord- Ouest et Sud-Ouest du Cameroun depuis 2016.Opinion publique : Désigne l’ensemble des convictions et des valeurs, des jugements, des préjugés et des croyances plus ou moins partagés

FACT-CHECKING: NO! MILITARY DIDN’T INVADE MBENGWI KILLING A MATHS TEACHER
Contrary to a social media report by Mimi Mefo Info that “Gunshots by the military forces yesterday (meaning Sunday November 8 2020) in Mbengwi left Maths teacher, Mr. Amah Frankline dead”,

Faux, le prix du Kilowatts n’est pas passé de 50 FCFA à 79 FCFA au Cameroun
Plusieurs posts publiés sur Facebook le 28 octobre 2020 montrent une facture d’Eneo où le prix du Kilowatts est facturé à 79 FCFA l’unité. Les vérifications que nous avons faites montrent que cette information est fausse et que le prix du kilowatts reste