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We’ve launched a new programme to spread accurate information to a wider audience across our continent – welcome to our Fact Ambassadors!

“If one death out of 10k Covid cases shut down the country shouldn’t one death out of 10k vaccines shut down the program?” This slogan from ...

Charges were laid at a Johannesburg police station in April, accusing South African president Cyril Ramaphosa of serious crimes from rackete...

A new study argues for an expanded definition of media literacy.

Since 2016, the 11 countries we studied nearly doubled their laws and regulations on misinformation. There is little to show for it.

Twenty African fact-checking organisations are working together to share their experiences and collaborate to fight the spread of false info...

Andrew Dudfield, Head of Product at Full Fact, presents the high-level insights following interviews with fact checkers around the world abo...

Journalists and journalism students across the continent can enter the awards, now in their eighth year.

According to the internet, one of South Africa’s favourite beverages, rooibos tea, can cure many ills. But are these claims accurate?

With support from the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), Africa Check, the continent’s leading independent fact-checking organisation, w...

With Cyril Ramaphosa set to give his fifth state of the nation address today, we look back at claims from his previous addresses – and sugge...