Fox News provoked anger on social media after appearing to refer to the entire African continent as a “war torn” country.

The conservative US television show ran a segment on Wednesday ahead of Pope Francis’ trip to Kenya, as part of his first official visit to the African continent.

During the segment, the broadcaster ran a trail across the screen reading: “Pope Francis to visit war-torn Africa”.

While Pope Francis is scheduled to visit the Central African Republic – plagued by a long-running and bitter conflict – he was touching down in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kenyans – and many viewers in the US and abroad – quickly spotted the apparent inaccuracies with the hashtag #SomeoneTellFoxNews quickly gathering pace. Social media users pointed out the script was symptomatic of how western media perceives and covers the continent.