A Somalian armed with LMG for community in Naledi” begins the message accompanying a photo of a man walking through a street ...

Adnan Sidibe was the winner in the professional fact-checker category. His fact-check focused on the impact of the climate ...

Nigeria celebrated 64 years of independence on 1 October 2024. But without vaccine production capacity, is vulnerable to ...

IN SHORT: A graphic doing the rounds on Facebook appears to suggest that South Africa supports Djibouti’s Mahmoud Youssouf instead of Kenya’s Raila Odinga or other candidates for the chairpersonship ...

IN SHORT: According to a screenshot of what appears to be a newspaper column, entrepreneur Humphrey Kariuki met with a judge and associates of Kenyan deputy president Rigathi Gachagua. The meeting was ...

IN SHORT: A graphic bearing the logo of a popular Kenyan news website claims that residents of two Kenyan counties have endorsed Charlene Ruto for deputy president. The graphic is fake. The graphic ...

IN SHORT: A graphic circulating on social media in Kenya claims that Raila Odinga summoned Orange Democratic Movement legislators for a strategy meeting on the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua. But the ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts claim that the foundation of Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo is offering a N20,000 grant to help Nigerians. But the foundation says the posts are a scam. ...

IN SHORT: Some Facebook posts claim that “Phase 5” of South Africa’s presidential youth employment initiative is open and encourage users to apply via the attached links. But beware, this is a scam.

IN SHORT: A photo of bundles of money covered in dirt is circulating on Facebook with the claim it is from the flooding in Maiduguri, Nigeria. However, we have found no evidence to support this claim.

IN SHORT: A letter doing the rounds on social media claims that Rigathi Gachagua has resigned. However, no official resignation has been made or confirmed by the Kenyan government or the media. A ...