FALSE: This photo claiming to show how Somalia and Tanzania Presidents were received in Norway on the same day is inaccurate

The two African presidents arrived in Norway on different dates.

This photo on X (formerly Twitter) claiming to show how the President of Somalia, Hassan Mohamoud, and his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu, arrived in Oslo, Norway, on the same day (10 June 2024) is FALSE.

The first image shows Somalia’s president being received by a handful of people. The second image shows Suluhu being welcomed by what appears to be a military parade.

“Two African presidents landed in Norway today.  One is the president of Somalia and he was welcomed by the staff of Oslo Airport.  One of them is the president of Tanzania and she welcomed her counterpart is the president of Norway. Wherever he go, he are humiliated. Shamefully,” reads the post. (Sic).

To confirm the photo’s authenticity, Puntland Mirror performed a Google reverse image search on the first image and established that the Somalia president visited Norway on 9 June 2024.

Villa Somali noted that the president traveled to Norway for a three-day work visit, where he held talks with the Norwegian King and prime minister.

Google reverse image search for the second photo established that president Suluhu visited Norway on 13 February 2024.

From the above evidence, it is clear that the two presidents did not visit Norway on the same dat as claimed.

Further, President Mohamoud was on a working visit, whereas President Suluhu was on a state visit at the invitation of the King and Queen of Norway.

A State Visit is a formal visit by a Head of State to another country at the invitation of the host country, whereas official and working visits are made when the sitting President visits a foreign country, but no invitation is necessary. The latter are always less formal compared to a state visit.

Puntland Mirror examined a photo on X claiming to show how the President of Somalia, Hassan Mohamoud, and his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu, arrived in Oslo, Norway, on the same day (10 June 2024) and found it to be FALSE.

This fact-check was produced by Puntland Mirror  under the African Fact-Checking Incubator programme, with support from PesaCheck, Code for Africa’s fact-checking initiative, and the African Fact-Checking Alliance(AFCA).