Fact-checking Kenya’s president, foreign minister on Africa policy talking points
President William Ruto and Musalia Mudavadi have been echoing each other on Africa's troubling issues. We took a look at some of the stats.
President William Ruto and Musalia Mudavadi have been echoing each other on Africa's troubling issues. We took a look at some of the stats.
Harmful rumours about migrants from other African countries get attention on social media in South Africa.
Like all major breaking news events, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has generated plenty of misinformation.
In a widely listened-to podcast, the BBC made the startling claim that more than a million Africans die each year on the continent’s roads. ...
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In our Overview briefing, the grand finale in a series of research briefs about fact-checking and misinformation, we capture the key finding...
African countries are charged astronomical interest rates when borrowing from international institutions while developed countries get sweet...
If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck … it might be someone impersonating a duck on Twitter. Here’s how to spot a tweeting imposte...
A video of two small boys in a martial arts stance, tears running down their faces, has more than 10 million views on Twitter. We tracked it...
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