Claim: A widely shared video viewed tens of thousands of times across different Facebook posts claims to show a river in Africa where the water recently turned into blood. The claim is false; the 2017 video shows the reaction of a river polluted by chemicals.
Fact-check: This 2017 video shows a chemical reaction in a Ghana river
Verdict: this video from 2017 shows chemical reaction changing the colour of a river in ghana
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Amanuel Neguede
Date published: 2020-05-07T14:17:00