President William Ruto used his third state of the nation address to claim major progress in his first term. We dug into the ...

Fellows from Algeria, Lesotho, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda wrapped up a two-week programme aimed at boosting information ...

Africa Check corrected its verdict that she was wrong to claim that Johannesburg spends less on maintenance than any other ...

IN SHORT: After Donald Trump accused Nigeria of allowing Christian persecution, without giving any evidence for this, social media posts have claimed US airstrikes caused explosions in Kaduna in ...

IN SHORT: A message circulating on Facebook and WhatsApp claims that Sasol is accepting applications as part of a large learnership and training programme for 2025, with stipends of up to R15,000 and ...

IN SHORT: According to several Facebook posts, Nigeria’s senate president Godswill Akpabio told US president Donald Trump to focus on the US instead of Nigeria. But the state attributed to Akpabio has ...

Anambra’s 2021 governor election saw issues related to administration and security, and electoral malpractice in the form of ...

A photograph of a woman dressed in orange struggling with another woman in police uniform has been widely shared in South ...

IN SHORT: A few days before the 2025 general election in Tanzania, social media was awash with posts claiming that Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu won his treason case and was released from ...

IN SHORT: Former Kenyan deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has come under scrutiny for missing the memorial and burial services of former prime minister Raila Odinga. But users claim a video ...