A claim is circulating on Facebook, saying that Namibia's new president has ordered the deportation of more than 500 US ...

A TikTok video shows the main entrance to Uganda’s parliament building, with the national anthem playing in the background. ...

A video shared on Kenyan social media in April 2025, where it has drawn tens of thousands of views, claims that former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has ...

Stop wearing these smartwatches,” says a man in a video shared on Instagram and Facebook. “I’ve warned you about ...

Entries for the 2025 African Fact-Checking Awards are now open to journalists, journalism students and professional ...

Cancer is not trying to kill you. Cancer is trying to save your life,” a man claims in a reel circulating on Facebook. He ...

The Global Corruption Barometer Africa survey has detailed public opinion data on citizens’ views on corruption and direct experiences of bribery in Africa. A 2022 Afrobarometer survey found that 73% ...

On 22 April 2025, Kenyan president William Ruto began a five-day state visit to China, shortly after finance minister John ...

Entries for the 2025 African Fact-Checking Awards are now open to journalists, journalism students and professional fact-checkers. This is the longest-running awards programme celebrating ...

IN SHORT: Kenya’s former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has often been the subject of false claims circulated by his critics. We expose another fake front page linking him to a plot to assassinate ...

IN SHORT: Facebook pages in the name of the Tanzanian president claim to offer loans, directing users to apply via WhatsApp and promising quick access to large sums of money. Steer clear. One post ...

IN SHORT: A message claiming that South African soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been instructed to pawn their weapons to pay for their passage home is doing the rounds on social ...