Spot Checks

Scam alert – no evidence Nigeria’s main opposition party is paying voters to support its 2023 presidential candidate

Recycled mental health stats said to be from World Health Organization continue to circulate in Nigerian media

Yes, roughly 11 babies born in Kenya every four minutes. Much-shared but phantom ‘CIA’ claim gets there in the end

No, you still have the right to defend yourself from home invaders – viral video misunderstands proposed South African trespassing bill

No publicly available data supports claim that 80% of women who give birth at South African hospital are undocumented Zimbabweans

Yes, Kenya’s Roots Party deputy presidential candidate has a case for the medical use of marijuana

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