Reports

With Nigeria set to hold elections next year, the search for a new president is gathering momentum. But does a claim about the current leade...

William Ruto hopes to be president come August 2022. We fact-checked some of the claims he’s made on the campaign trail.

An analysis by Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper said over 50% of the country’s people have been exposed to the Covid-19 virus and survived.

Anti-immigrant groups in South Africa are prone to making unsubstantiated claims. We looked at one in a long list of many.

The Buhari Media Organisation has made claims about president Muhammadu Buhari government’s efforts. But do they all add up?

Proposed new regulations to control current and future pandemics are set to replace the Covid-19 state of disaster’s emergency measures.

A popular Facebook page, Facts SA, made an interesting claim about nutrition. But on this one, its “facts” were a little bloated.

Headaches can often weigh you down. But are almonds the answer as a graphic much shared online claims? We asked the experts.

Uhuru Kenyatta is due to step down in August. But was finance minister Ukur Yatani on the money?

Has Nigeria’s debt profile increased by N4 trillion in just six years? That’s the claim by BizWatchNigeria. And it’s not true.

We put four of Raila Odinga’s claims under the microscope.

The head of a health consultancy claimed South Africa was “the most obese country in Africa”. We took a closer look at his evidence.