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. ...
An online publication claims there are more than 15 million Nigerians in the diaspora who send home about US$25 billion every year. We fact-...
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...
In our Overview briefing, the grand finale in a series of research briefs about fact-checking and misinformation, we capture the key finding...
A prominent South African online news publisher claimed that the USA's lack of engagement with Africa has accelerated China's influence
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