AfricaCheck@10: The challenges of working across Africa
Misinformation knows no borders and Africa Check often responds to similar false claims from country to country.
Misinformation knows no borders and Africa Check often responds to similar false claims from country to country.
In 2021, Africa Check has been busy working with less connected communities. Here’s what we learnt.
The Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, still taking lives and livelihoods across the world. Recovery from the crisis has been slowed by a g...
With movement restrictions in place due to Covid-19, unverified information still found a way of travelling, whether among family, colleague...
A dramatic rise. A spike. A crisis, even an outbreak. Words have flowed to describe a perceived rise in teenage pregnancies in Kenya followi...
With South Africa’s government forced to review its budget due to the pandemic, an already cash-strapped Stats SA has had to cut a vital pov...
Tobacco sales have been outlawed under South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown since March 2020. Has the ban made a million or so smokers quit the ...
The eucalyptus tree grows widely in Kenya, and rumours of the non-native tree’s remarkable thirst are nearly as rife. In a water-scarce coun...
The data currently available points to a bizarre trend. It is contrary to everything we know about the expected disease outcomes for smokers...
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