Know the Facts Get the Vax – helping people make better choices about Covid and vaccines
Africa Check’s Know the Facts Get the Vax multimedia series answers common questions about Covid vaccines.
PRESS RELEASE: New international study shows fact-checks significantly reduce belief in misinformation
The comparative study is among the first to examine fact-checking effectiveness from a cross-country perspective.
FACTSHEET: Laws affecting LGBTI+ people in Africa
This factsheet looks at laws affecting LGBTI+ communities across the continent.
Do ‘over a million’ Africans die in road accidents each year? No, global figure
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. ...
Getting fact-checkers' methods into the curriculum: the six Cs of misinformation literacy
A new study argues for an expanded definition of media literacy.
Governments in Africa have doubled ‘false news’ laws, to little effect. Another way is possible
Since 2016, the 11 countries we studied nearly doubled their laws and regulations on misinformation. There is little to show for it.
How the Africa Facts network is growing fact-checking on the continent
Twenty African fact-checking organisations are working together to share their experiences and collaborate to fight the spread of false info