Election campaigns can be magnets for misinformation, with posts multiplying around candidates on all sides.

As Kenyan elections geared up in early 2022, a post seemed to show the front page of a major newspaper accusing a British philanthropist of funding war in the Congo.

It appeared a day after he had been briefly stopped at the airport with a political supporter of presidential candidate William Ruto.

Mary Kulundu, an AFP fact-check journalist in Kenya, first saw the post circulating on Facebook and Whatsapp. In this video, she explains how she was able to debunk the post using online tools.

Read the full investigation here: https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.9XY3YX

For in-depth lessons to help you improve online searches, check out these online courses from AFP: https://digitalcourses.afp.com/courses/advanced-searches

See more quick tutorials on the Online Investigation Tips for Journalists Youtube playlist: http://u.afp.com/onlinetips

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