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.
SA’s latest quarterly crime statistics reveal where and how these crimes happen, but we must understand the data and trends in context.
President Muhammadu Buhari has been keen to talk up his legacy as the February 2023 elections approach. We go deeper behind the numbers.
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...
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...
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, many countries now require people to wear face masks in public. We examine how these regulations differ, an...
Social media can be an open highway for false information. Dancan Bwire and Grace Gichuhi, researchers from our Nairobi office, look back on...
There are penalties in Kenyan law for attempting suicide, leading to low disclosure to authorities. But this is only one reason for the coun
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