Marking the country’s 65th Independence Day, Bola Tinubu claimed several economic achievements by his government. We investigated 18.

Zille clashed with radio host Anele Mdoda, making claims about water infrastructure. We tested them for accuracy.

As a woman you need to clean your womb with this natural remedy” reads a Facebook post that claims that issues such as period pain, miscarriage and ...

ESKOM LEARNERSHIP APPLICATIONS TRAINING PROGRAMME 2025,” begins a message circulating on Facebook and WhatsApp in September 2025.Eskom ...

IN SHORT: In September 2019, Nigerian police rescued over 300 people from a supposed Islamic school after its operators were accused of torture and abuse. Social media posts claiming the incident took ...

DAKAR. Ariel Gbaguidi, a journalist from Benin’s La Nation, won the award for fact-check of the year by a working journalist at the African Fact-Checking Awards ceremony held in Senegal on 2 October ...

We don’t have a state, we don’t have a government. We’re run by cartels and thugs,” says South African politician Fikile Mbalula in a ...

IN SHORT: An image of politician Kenny Kunene appearing to take an oath is circulating on social media in South Africa. In it, a large tattoo of the number 26 is visible on his arm. The image is being ...

IN SHORT: Six Facebook pages are impersonating GTBank, a popular financial services provider in Nigeria, to offer users fake loans. But those looking for loans should apply via the bank’s official ...

IN SHORT: Two front pages mimicking the design of the Standard newspaper claim Kenya’s former deputy president has admitted to “years of theft” and his “dark past haunts him”. But the authentic ...