The untold story was that in the months to October 2023, there were foreign outflows from the Kenyan bourse, and the shilling ...

Here are our most-read fact-checks for 2024, with tips to help you sort fact from fiction this holiday season.

IN SHORT: The Nigerian army has denied a claim that French soldiers have been deployed to Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria to help fight the terrorist group Boko Haram. The video circulating on social ...

No, US singer Chris Brown was not robbed while on tour in South Africa ...

IN SHORT: Facebook posts circulating claim the Nigerian government is offering Nigerians a N100,000 Christmas cash grant. But that’s not the case. According to some Facebook posts, the Nigerian ...

IN SHORT: The selection process to appoint a team to recruit new commissioners for Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission continues. But a graphic claiming that politician Martha ...

In October 2024, a former chair of Nigeria's electoral commission, Prof Humphrey Nwosu, died. Nwosu chaired the National ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts are promoting what they say is a cure for fibroids. However, a gynaecologist advises patients to consult their doctor as many herbal remedies are not evidence-based. A ...

Following the arrest and detention of Biafra separatist Simon Ekpa in Finland, a claim circulated on Facebook that the Finnish authorities did not arrest Ekpa, but took him away to protect him from ...

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IN SHORT: A fake “executive order” claimed Kenyan president William Ruto had relocated the country’s capital city from Nairobi to Nakuru. Such a move would be unmissable – it requires a change of law ...

Africa Check is a non-partisan organisation that exists to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa, so raising the quality of information available to the public. Set up in 2012, we ...