Claim: Woman in video assaulted for voting for DR Congo opposition candidate, not for announcing 'fake and rigged' election results
Fact-check: Woman in video assaulted for voting for DR Congo opposition candidate, not for announcing 'fake and rigged' election results
Verdict: social media users are claiming that a viral video shows the chairperson of the democratic republic of the congo's electoral commission being assaulted for announcing fake and rigged results. but this is not true. the woman is not the head of the commission and she was attacked because she voted for the opposition.
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Mary Alexander
Date published: 2024-02-07T00:00:00