An education foundation says 44% of Nigeria’s primary school teachers are unqualified and half of grade six pupils can't read at all. Is the country’s education system really this bad? Researched by Motunrayo Joel
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A prominent South African economist says the country is not actually in recession, but his argument has few takers.
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Tax revenue & development spend: does Kenya’s majority leader get his numbers right? 
Checked: Two claims about the ‘astronomical’ cost of Nigeria’s election 
Does one SA doctor treat 4,000 patients in public care, but fewer than 300 privately? 
Do 10 Nigerians die from cancer every hour? 
Buhari’s 2018 Democracy Day speech: 7 main claims under scrutiny