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AFP Fact Checks Misinformation Circulating About a Recent Fight in Sierra Leone That Went Viral

by Eric Olander

Regular readers of this newsletter will know that the viral video of a fight between a Chinese employee and safety inspectors at the Tonkolili mine took place in Sierra Leone, but apparently a lot of people online erroneously think it occurred in Kenya.

The fact-checking team at the French news agency Agence France Presse published a report today to set the record straight. 

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