The Nigerian central bank’s former deputy Obadiah Mailafia has a bleak take on the country’s finances. But does his evidence hold up to scrutiny?
Researched by Allwell OkpiThey promised big changes. Have they carried them out? The African Election Promise Tracker shows progress made to date.
In 2019/20, a total of 18,162 cars were hijacked. This was a 13.3% increase from 16,026 in 2018/19. Get more facts in Info Finder.
Andrew Dudfield from UK fact-checking charity Full Fact explains how a team of fact-checking organisations is developing artificial intelligence tools to increase the speed and impact of fact-checking.
Introducing Fact-checking and Verification Tools is an online course that teaches journalists and the public basic skills and tools to sort fact from fiction.
In our newsletter this week: making sense of inflation, and is Nigeria officially broke? https://t.co/aakiFFk…09:59, Friday 14 Aug
Last week, we explained the type of claims we #factcheck & how to submit a claim to be fact-checked by @AfricaCheck… https://t.co/s8Nae6S…09:05, Friday 14 Aug
Entries for the African Fact-Checking Awards are now open. Submit your fact-check to stand a chance to win great prizes and wide recognition for your work.
No, WHO hasn’t ‘unequivocally’ said South Africa is not ready to lift Covid-19 lockdown 
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No, WHO hasn’t ‘unequivocally’ said South Africa is not ready to lift Covid-19 lockdown 
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