Spot Checks

Doctored video with fabricated subtitles doesn’t show Kenyan deputy president William Ruto threatening voters in Uasin Gishu county

Are 60% of South Africa’s R350 social relief grant applicants youth with a tertiary qualification? Not so fast

Is Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi correct about poverty levels, unemployment and number of children out of school?

Beware of fake – and incendiary – Kenya Kwanza coalition manifesto

Nairobi governor hopeful Polycarp Igathe recycles wrong claim about Kenyan capital’s share of national GDP

No, Nigeria’s Covid cases did not jump 45% in first nine days of April 2022

Does Kaduna state have Nigeria’s highest concentration of military and paramilitary bodies?

Ignore WhatsApp message warning that Nigerian Inec voters’ cards must be revalidated

No global court has outlawed Covid vaccines – and ‘International Common Court of Justice’ doesn’t exist

No $750 million Covid-19 grant from Nigeria’s vice president – beware of scam

Chinese money accounts for 19% of Kenya’s external debt, not 67% as Voice of America reported

Checking two claims about access to toilets and open defecation in Nigeria