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In the video posted by an X user, @moonstarchukwu1, a helicopter could be seen landing in a bush as a man brings out bags from the aircraft while some men were approaching the helicopter to receive them.
A song could be heard in the background of the footage, as windy noise from the helicopter’s rotating blades envelope the environ.
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The post was captioned thus:
CLAIM
THE FINDINGS
Checks by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is MISLEADING!
A video containing footage of an African Parks helicopter in Chinko, Central African Republic, is being circulated in connection with false information on social media, misrepresenting the location, the identities of the people and the activities appearing in the footage.
African Parks can confirm that this video shows its helicopter conducting a routine resupply mission on December 4th 2021 in Chinko, Central African Republic, which it manages in partnership with the CAR Government. During this mission, the helicopter was transporting Chinko’s transhumance sensitization teams and their supplies within the park, emplacing a team and their supplies in the field while recovering another team from the field. These teams conduct extended sensitization missions on the ground to engage with cattle herders moving through the region seasonally, where they initiate dialogue around Chinko’s location to encourage them to utilize the correct established routes around the park’s perimeter. These sensitization teams are unarmed, clearly marked, and recruited out of the local community in order to provide culturally-sensitive and peaceful engagement with cattle herders to ensure the long-term sustainability of the landscape.
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Also, other fact-checking and media organisations such as AFP Fact-Check, HumAngle and France24’s The Observers had also debunked the claim.
THE VERDICT
The claim that the video shows Boko Haram terrorists getting arms and ammunitions supply is MISLEADING; the video shows an African Parks helicopter conducting a routine resupply mission in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Seasoned fact-checker and researcher Fatimah Quadri has written numerous fact-checks, explainers, and media literacy pieces for The FactCheckHub in an effort to combat information disorder. She can be reached at sunmibola_q on X or [email protected].
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