Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 misinformation, but has made new claims. We ...

As the country debates THAT White House meeting, we took a closer look at some of the claims traded in the Oval Office.

Official campaigns for Nigeria’s 2023 general elections – expected to be among the most important in its recent democratic history – kicked off on 28 September 2022. On 25 February 2023, tens of ...

Are white Afrikaners really being killed “like flies”? Is a white South African farmer being “slaughtered every five days?” Would the number of whites “killed in SA in black on white violence” fill ...

As one of South Africa’s most pressing problems, rape levels in the country get discussed and reported on often. And as a result, many of the statistics used cross our desks here at Africa Check.

IN SHORT: There were widespread protests in Kinshasa in February 2024 and the largest were centred outside the embassies of the US, UK and France. But rumours that the French embassy was set on fire ...

Driver education company Zutobi told TV channel eNCA that its recent study had found South Africa – with a safety score of just 3.41 out of 10 – to be the world’s most dangerous country to drive in.

A newspaper article written by a former federal lawmaker advising Nigeria's new education minister makes several claims and statistics about education in the country. We checked their accuracy.

The global health body is drafting guidelines on how countries could cooperate to respond to future pandemics. It has been a controversial process. We break down some key talking points about the ...

An article by South Africa’s Independent Online claims that one in five youth aged nine to 17 has a diagnosable mental health disorder, and only a third of those get the care they need. But the first ...

Nigeria’s health ministry is correct that over 200 million girls and women around the world have survived FGM. The ministry’s claim that Nigeria accounts for about a third of that estimate is however ...