China-Africa unity, joint anti-virus efforts unshaken by rumours

Staff unload the medical supplies from China at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Shoubao)

French television France 24 in an article recently posted on its website debunked some fake videos, reproaching the disinformation that seek to sow discord between China and Africa at a time when the world is grappling against the COVID-19 pandemic.

France 24 said a violent video in which a group of people can be seen beating an African man went viral on Twitter and other social media. The video purporting to show discrimination towards foreign nationals, particularly Africans, in China, is fake, it said, adding that it was an old footage that was shot not in China and had nothing to do with COVID-19.