Africa Check1d
No, Nigerian senator Enyinnaya Abaribe didn’t 'shut down' the national assembly to demand the release of Ipob leader Nnamdi Kanu
A claim has gone viral on Facebook, saying that the former minority leader at the Nigerian senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, led a ...
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Kenya’s Star newspaper didn’t report on former president Kenyatta angling for political deal for his brother
A screenshot circulating on Facebook shows a column from Kenya’s Star newspaper. It suggests that former president Uhuru ...
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Fake graphic misleads on reasons for removal of Kenyan MP from plum parliamentary committee
A graphic circulating on Facebook claims to have the reasons why the member of parliament for Kenya’s Mwala constituency, ...
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Nigerian police dismiss claims of riots in Rivers state, attack on Nyesom Wike’s residence
A political crisis triggered by a feud between the governor of Rivers state, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor, Nyesom ...
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Scam alert: Ignore bogus job ads not from Ackermans South Africa
Ackermans is Looking for New Staff 01 April 2025,” starts a Facebook post, shared over 4,000 times on the platform. According ...
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Graphic claiming Kenyan president William Ruto has cancelled events in the central Kenya region due to in-fighting is fake
Kenyan president William Ruto has been forced to cancel events in the Mount Kenya region after its leaders fought over money ahead of his visit. This is ...
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Strong only on paper? Fact-checking Angie Motshekga’s claim about South Africa’s military might
Amid the uproar, Motshekga said in February that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was “a force to be reckoned ...
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Fact-checking healthcare influencer’s claims about Nigeria’s HIV stats
A prominent doctor and influencer, Aproko Doctor, sought to show how US aid cuts would hurt Nigeria’s HIV/Aids fight.
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Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper didn’t run front page story that former deputy president was ‘architect of his own downfall’
IN SHORT: A front page which appears to be from Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper accuses former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua of causing his impeachment in 2024. But the front page is fake and the ...
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No, Uganda’s state-owned electricity distributor is not hiring
IN SHORT: A fake job ad claims that the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) is hiring for several positions. UEDCL refuted the claims, warning the public via its official X account ...