Claim: Pic of crying boy from 1994 cholera outbreak in DRC refugee camp for Rwandan refugees – not recent M23 rebel conflict
Fact-check: Pic of crying boy from 1994 cholera outbreak in DRC refugee camp for Rwandan refugees – not recent M23 rebel conflict
Verdict: a distressing photo of a small child and the body of a man who appears to be dead has gone viral on social media in late 2023 with the claim it shows recent events in the democratic republic of the congo. but the photo is over thirty years old.
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Mary Alexander
Date published: 2024-01-16T00:00:00