Marking the country’s 65th Independence Day, Bola Tinubu claimed several economic achievements by his government. We investigated 18.

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 ...

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 at the African Fact-Checking Awards ceremony held in Senegal on 2 October ...

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: An image of politician Kenny Kunene appearing to take an oath is circulating on social media in South Africa. In it, a large tattoo of the number 26 is visible on his arm. The image is being ...