Three claims about how revenue is shared between Nigeria’s three levels of government.
Source: Kenya’s former prime minister Raila Odinga (August 2020)
One correct, two incorrect
Two claims about human trafficking in South Africa.
Source: Lerato Kganyago, South African television presenter and DJ (14 September 2020)
One exaggerated, one incorrect
Six claims about the Kenyan judiciary, from its budget and number of cases to how many judges and magistrates serve Kenya’s population.
Source: Kenya’s chief justice, David Maraga (August 2020)
Four correct, one understated and one unproven
Reports as recent as 2017 reported 92% prevalence of blood lead poisoning in children from some villages in the Nigerian state of Zamfara.
Source: Tosin Abdulsalam, environmental researcher (28 July 2020)
Several studies, including the one cited by the researcher, support the claim that lead levels were dangerously high in Zamfara due to unsafe gold mining.
Four claims about police violence in South Africa
Source: Online graphic (August 2020)
One mostly correct, two correct, one unproven
Three claims about alcohol consumption in South Africa
Source: South African health minister Zweli Mkhize (August 2020)
Two correct, one incorrect
South Africa has the fifth-highest Covid-19 infection rate in the world.
Source: The New York Times (August 2020)
South Africa has the fifth-highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases.
Filters can “eat any form of virus including coronavirus” on aeroplanes.
Source: Fikile Mbalula, South Africa’s transport minister (29 June 2020)
High efficiency particulate air filters capture virtually all viruses and bacteria from the air in plane cabins. But they can’t capture large infected particles or prevent transmission caused by close contact.
Obesity affects two in every five Kenyans
Source: The Daily Nation newspaper (27 July 2020)
The most recent data available shows only 9% of adults and a much smaller share of children in Kenya are obese.
Two claims about South Africa’s 2019/20 crime statistics
Source: Independent Online (August 2020)
Both misleading