Settling into his second term, governor Ben Ayade contended that Cross River state in southern Nigeria had fewer instances of crime than the country’s other states. We checked.
Archibong Jeremiah OjangaThey promised big changes. Have they carried them out? The African Election Promise Tracker shows progress made to date.
It is extremely difficult to determine human trafficking figures in Nigeria. However, in 2017, authorities intercepted 110 recorded victims of human trafficking, child labour, and smuggling of migrants.
Dismissive quotes about white people have been attributed to Samora Machel and used in South Africa’s parliament. But experts – including Machel’s daughter – cast serious doubt on whether the late Mozambican leader ever said them.
The latest newsletter, where we sum up what #factchecks have been published this week. Read it for more on #crime i… https://t.co/i9HhuLm…11:00, Friday 19 Jul
🇳🇬 #BenAyade, the governor of #CrossRiver state in southern #Nigeria claimed that only 1.1% of total #crime in… https://t.co/ENs4OqP…10:51, Thursday 18 Jul
Entries for the African Fact-checking Awards are now closed. The shortlist will be unveiled in August 2019.
Over 2,000 phoney marriages reported in South Africa, but only 1,160 ‘truly fraudulent’ 
Yes, Kenya’s county funding based on five-year-old national revenue figures 
Nigeria ranked ‘15th in the world’ for suicide – but Lesotho tops African list 
No data shows 30% of Nigerian men ‘not biological fathers of their children’ 
No, SA government hasn’t built 4 million houses – and Ramaphosa didn’t promise a million in Alex 
State of the Nation 2019: Did Kenyatta get his facts right?