Were 800,000 cows from northern Nigeria “poisoned” with the cowpox virus in 2019? Is cowpox life-threatening, and can you get it from eating beef – or even from living cows? We debunk a scary Facebook post.
Researched by Eileen JahnThey promised big changes. Have they carried them out? The African Election Promise Tracker shows progress made to date.
An estimated 25.7 million people in the World Health Organization’s Africa region lived with HIV (regardless of whether they had developed symptoms of Aids) in 2018.
What fact-checking format helps people best understand a topic? How do politicians respond to fact-checking? How can we reach even more audiences? Africa Check and its partners in the UK and Argentina look to answer these and other questions.
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We’ve announced the winners & runner-ups - here are the fact-checks for this year’s awards!
More than 15 female vice-chancellors have led Nigerian universities, but higher education still a man’s world 
Fact-checked: 5 claims by Kenyan President Kenyatta in national day speech 
Fact-checked: Al Jazeera’s claims about Nigeria’s ‘mental health problem’ 
No, sitting for over 11 hours a day doesn’t mean 50% chance you’ll die in three years 
Fact-checked: 5 claims by Kenyan President Kenyatta in national day speech 
Has ‘super’ minister been handed nearly half of Kenya’s development cash?