COMMENT: How not to fight Boko Haram
Presenting Boko Haram as part of a global terror organisation draws the attention away from Nigeria’s own responsibility in the situation. A...
ILO's Zimbabwe unemployment figures unreliable
Zimbabwe unemployment figures unreliable
COMMENT: Why scientific AIDS explanations struggle in townships
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
FACTSHEET: What happened in Baga?
Boko Haram militants attacked the remote northern Nigerian towns of Baga and Doro Gowon earlier this month killing scores of people. What do...
FACTSHEET: Zambia’s presidential candidates and their promises
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...
COMMENT: Assessing the Baga massacre death toll
Without doubt numerous people were killed by the militant group Boko Haram in the northern Nigerian town of Baga and surrounding areas betwe
COMMENT: How to raise the 'real' matric pass rate
The matric pass rate is seen as perhaps the most important indicator of education in South Africa. But with fewer pupils actually reaching a
South Africa's matric pass rate obscures dropout rate
SA school drop-out rate obscured
Politician's claims about Boko Haram and Ebola voted Pagella Politica's 'Whopper of the Year'
An Italian politician claimed last year that Boko Haram controlled 60% of Nigerian territory and that “the remaining part [of the country] i
COMMENT: The power of one HIV/AIDS fact-check
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