Kenyan deputy president Gachagua latest public official to repeat misleading education funding statistic
Rigathi Gachagua inaccurately claimed that education receives 27% of the national budget. The real figure is 15.2%.
Headlines that Covid has re-emerged in Nigeria’s Benue state misleading, health officials say
A national newspaper reported that 25 new cases had been confirmed in the north-central state. This is incorrect, health officials said.
Access to electricity higher than 36% in 1994, despite claims by South Africa’s ruling party
The ANC’s secretary general Fikile Mbalula has repeated an incorrect claim about access to electricity in 1994.
Less than 12 million South Africans on social grants, not 18 million as often claimed
Several media publications have repeated an incorrect claim about the number of South Africans who get social grants.
No evidence for Kogi governor hopeful’s claim that state has Nigeria’s largest uranium deposits
If elected, Dino Melaye hopes to exploit the state's minerals for the benefit of its people. But there's no evidence of the coveted metal.
No, president Bola Tinubu didn’t inherit Nigeria’s highest inflation rate in 20 years
A German publication’s claim that Tinubu inherited the highest inflation level in two decades from his predecessor is not accurate.
Old claims about rape in South Africa still being shared online
Scarce data is just one obstacle to combatting sexual violence.
Still no evidence for ghost stat about schoolchildren’s access to menstrual products in South Africa
Menstrual products brand StayFree makes two big claims in its ads on social media, but there’s very little research to back them up.