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Part 2: More claims from the ANC’s #2019ANCManifestoReview rally fact-checked
The ANC is reviewing the promises it made to voters in 2019. We checked whether the claims made were supported by data.
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#ACS23: Verifying Kenyan president William Ruto’s claims at Africa’s first climate summit
Ruto hosted the continent’s inaugural climate change summit, aimed at forging a common position. We examined some of the claims he made.
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#2019ANCManifestoReview: Fact-checking the ruling party’s claims about progress in South Africa
The ANC is reviewing the promises it made to voters five years ago. But some of the successes it claims are not supported by data.
Kenya vs South Africa? Fact-checking claims about the two countries’ contrasting economic paths
Daily Maverick recently published a glowing opinion piece on Kenya’s growth trajectory, which we took an interest in.
South Africa ‘beats climate goal’ through load shedding? Why this viral claim misleads
Posts claim that South Africa’s regular power cuts mean the country has now met its emissions reduction target. But the claim has problems.
#NationalConvention2024: Fact-checking opposition claims about crime, jobs and voting in South Africa
Ahead of the South African 2024 general elections, claims are being made about what opposition says is the poor state of the country.
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Does Nigeria have world’s highest unemployment rate? Several newspapers quote unreliable social media source
In August, a spate of media reports brought bad news for Nigerians – that they now had the highest unemployment rate in the world.
Is poverty on the decline in South Africa? We fact-checked Cyril Ramaphosa's ANC claims
A number of sceptical readers asked us to take a closer look at pronouncements made by the president at the ANC’s review of its manifesto.
Fact-checked: Three misleading claims in viral video about proposed changes to South Africa's basic education laws
We fact-checked three claims about South Africa's proposed Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill that have some parents on edge.
Prices 15 times higher in Senegal than Nigeria? Daily newspaper misquotes Lagos deputy governor – who also got his facts wrong
In a newspaper report, the deputy governor of Lagos state makes claims about inflation in Senegal and Nigeria. We fact-checked them.
A ‘narco-state’: No one has the data, so where did Liberian opposition leader Joseph Boakai get figures on drug abuse?
Despite concerns about drug abuse and addiction in Liberia, there are no credible statistics on the extent of the problem in the country.
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ELECTION CHECK: Three claims about president George Weah’s record on reducing poverty in Liberia
The country’s finance minister claims that his boss has done a lot to improve the lives of Liberians. But do his numbers check out?