A message sent to Africa Check by subscribers to our WhatsApp lines claims that a company called “Sibanye Water” is offering ...

A document circulating on Facebook appears to be a statement from Kenya’s former prime minister and Orange Democratic ...

A post circulating on Facebook claims that Rwandan president Paul Kagame is critically ill in an intensive care unit (ICU) in ...

A TikTok video shows a photo of Kenya’s deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Eliud Lagat, who stepped aside from his ...

IN SHORT: The graphic claims YouTuber Lynn Ngugi said activist Rose Njeri collaborated with Estonian hackers and Boniface ...

A post on Facebook claims that Tukur Buratai, Nigeria’s former chief of army staff, escaped an attack by Boko Haram in early ...

A graphic posted on the social media platform X on 19 June 2025 is designed to look like a breaking-news alert from the Star, a Kenyan newspaper. It ...

A video posted on TikTok shows US president Donald Trump apparently saying: “President Ruto is stealing and killing Kenyans.

The fourth edition of the Africa Facts summit, scheduled for 1-2 October 2025 in Dakar, Senegal, will bring together ...

Do white farmers produce most of our key crops? Unpacking viral claims about South African agriculture As white South Africans made headlines for entering the US as refugees, online claims about their ...

‘Death, death, death’: setting the record straight on Trump’s South Africa farm murder spectacle As the country debates THAT White House meeting, we took a closer look at some of the claims traded in ...

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. Were all ...