Marking the country’s 65th Independence Day, Bola Tinubu claimed several economic achievements by his government. We ...

Zille clashed with radio host Anele Mdoda, making claims about water infrastructure. We tested them for accuracy.

DAKAR. Ariel Gbaguidi, a journalist from Benin’s La Nation, won the award for fact-check of the year by a working journalist ...

As a woman you need to clean your womb with this natural remedy” reads a Facebook post that claims that issues such as period ...

ESKOM LEARNERSHIP APPLICATIONS TRAINING PROGRAMME 2025,” begins a message circulating on Facebook and WhatsApp in September ...

IN SHORT: In September 2019, Nigerian police rescued over 300 people from a supposed Islamic school after its operators were accused of torture and abuse. Social media posts claiming the incident took ...

We don’t have a state, we don’t have a government. We’re run by cartels and thugs,” says South African politician Fikile Mbalula in a ...

IN SHORT: A memo supposedly from Kenya’s education ministry directs university students to vacate campus premises due to the continuation of the lecturers’ strike. But the cabinet secretary for ...

IN SHORT: An image imitating the design of Kenya’s Standard newspaper front pages claims Rigathi Gachagua referred to Fred Matiang’i as a fool. But this, like the front page, has been fabricated.

IN SHORT: Several Facebook pages are asking users to invest in a platform called Norland. But the platform has been flagged by fact-checkers and has all the red flags of fake investment platforms. A ...