There’s no denying that murder rates in South Africa are high. But two bold claims published by the Guardian still caught our ...

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

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

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

IN SHORT: Six Facebook pages are impersonating GTBank, a popular financial services provider in Nigeria, to offer users fake loans. But those looking for loans should apply via the bank’s official ...

IN SHORT: Just two days after Kenyan politician and presidential hopeful Fred Matiang’i attended a conference held by the country's former ruling party, a newspaper front page claimed he had fallen ...

IN SHORT: Multiple graphics circulating online quote Kenyan politicians as downplaying former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua’s political influence. However, they are all fake. Jubilee was the ...

DAKAR. Le journaliste béninois Ariel Gbaguidi (La Nation) a été lauréat de la catégorie « Vérification de faits de l'année par un journaliste en activité » lors de la cérémonie des Prix africains de ...

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 ...

EN BREF : L’Elysée n’a pas été encerclée par les manifestants, cette information n’a aucune base factuelle. Quant à la vidéo, elle est un montage manipulé de plusieurs séquences distinctes. La voix ...

IN SHORT: A message circulating on social media in South Africa claims that Eskom is offering learnerships and training programmes, and urges users to apply via the provided link. However, the power ...