Fact-checks

Presenting Boko Haram as part of a global terror organisation draws the attention away from Nigeria’s own responsibility in the situation. A...

Zimbabwe unemployment figures unreliable

HIV/AIDS educators often seem to enjoy raising an eyebrow at outlandish beliefs over the disease. But in doing so they fail to realise that

Boko Haram militants attacked the remote northern Nigerian towns of Baga and Doro Gowon earlier this month killing scores of people. What do...

On Tuesday 20 January Zambians went to the polls to elect a new president. Here is our factsheet on the candidates in the run-up to the elec...

Without doubt numerous people were killed by the militant group Boko Haram in the northern Nigerian town of Baga and surrounding areas betwe

The matric pass rate is seen as perhaps the most important indicator of education in South Africa. But with fewer pupils actually reaching a

SA school drop-out rate obscured

An Italian politician claimed last year that Boko Haram controlled 60% of Nigerian territory and that “the remaining part [of the country] i

Africa Check receives a never ending stream of HIV/AIDS “cure” spam. Kate Wilkinson hopes that we are helping to turn the tide on these lies