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  • 2021-12-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Does This Image Show Rocks Shipped To A Nigerian Port Instead Of Cars? (en)
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  • An image shared on Facebook over 400 times allegedly shows a rock-filled shipping container in Calabar, Nigeria, that was sent to people who were expecting to receive two cars. Verdict: False The image actually shows a rock sample in Malawi that was prevented from being shipped to China. Fact Check: In the picture, three men can be seen looking into an open shipping container packed with a large boulder and multiple smaller rocks. The Nov. 28 Facebook post claims it was taken this morning at Calabar port, adding, They were waiting for two Toyota Corolla vehicles , bought online from Dubai. Calabar is a port city on Nigeria’s Calabar River . However, the photo was not taken anywhere in Nigeria. BBC News displayed a tweet showing footage of the same scene in a March 26 report titled Malawi stops ‘precious stone’ leaving for China. The shipping container held a massive stone that, at the time, the Malawian government stopped from being shipped to China, according to BBC News . Malawian Minister for Mines Rashid Gaffar told BBC News he had temporarily barred its exportation so his ministry could determine if the stone was sold for a fair price. Two Chinese citizens had been fined when they attempted to ship it to China two years earlier, BBC News reported. (RELATED: Does This Video Show Nigerian Students Jumping From A School Building To Avoid Taking COVID-19 Vaccines?) A version of the image in the Facebook post appeared in a March 26 Malawi 24 article . The Nigeria-based Plus TV Africa also posted a report on YouTube that discussed the Malawian government halting the stone’s shipment and included part of the tweet’s footage. (en)
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