Frozen out? Checking claims about women’s participation in Nigerian politics
After a Nigerian senator warned of the shrinking space for women in parliament, a columnist made several claims that painted a dire picture.
After a Nigerian senator warned of the shrinking space for women in parliament, a columnist made several claims that painted a dire picture.
A Freedom Front Plus leader in North West said the murder rate for the province nearly doubled from 2020 to 2021. Is he right?
Africa Check’s Know the Facts Get the Vax multimedia series answers common questions about Covid vaccines.
Tanzanians have struggled to keep up with policy changes as the country goes from no plans for Covid vaccines to pushing mass vaccination.
The comparative study is among the first to examine fact-checking effectiveness from a cross-country perspective.
Several news sites have unfavourably panned the recent deployment of ‘a mere’ 2,500 soldiers to deal with recent unrest.
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Experts say recent claims that getting the Covid vaccine will render your life insurance policy invalid are false and scaremongering.
This slogan from a recent protest in South Africa’s largest city may grab attention, but little data there is so far firmly contradicts it.
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