As white South Africans made headlines for entering the US as refugees, claims about their contribution to farming back home ...

According to a video circulating on Facebook, US president Donald Trump said Africa’s mineral resources belonged to his ...

The people of Anambra state in south-eastern Nigeria are set to elect a new governor on 8 November 2025.Election campaigning ...

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 misinformation, but has made new claims about cancer, vaccines and the Pope’s death. We investigated. The pastor advised ...

South African billionaire Johann Rupert, US president Donald Trump (May 2025) There is no evidence to back billionaire Johann Rupert’s claim that undocumented foreigners are mainly behind farm murders ...

IN SHORT: A viral video on Instagram claims US president Donald Trump said he would resign if he were Kenya’s under-pressure president William Ruto. However, the video has been altered using ...

IN SHORT: This Facebook page claims to offer flexible financing for motorbikes and tuk-tuks in Kenya. However, a closer look at its activities reveals that it is an impostor, misusing the name of a ...

IN SHORT: Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s military leader, has attracted attention for his reforms and pan-African ideas. Some Facebook posts claim that he threatened to destroy Nigeria with his air ...

IN SHORT: A video from 2018 showing a violent assault by a police officer in Nairobi has resurfaced online, prompting fresh outrage in Kenya. Human rights groups condemned the brutality. The police ...

IN SHORT: A viral image allegedly showing a cracked expressway pillar on a major road in the Kenyan capital is circulating on Facebook. But it is neither recent nor real. We traced it back to an ...