A cloudy outlook? What we are learning about election disinformation in Africa and what you can do about it
As nearly a dozen countries prepare to hold presidential elections, the spread of disinformation is inflaming Africa's political landscape.
As nearly a dozen countries prepare to hold presidential elections, the spread of disinformation is inflaming Africa's political landscape.
Africa Check is working to help Africans critically interrogate the information they engage with.
Media literacy programmes show great promise as an effective way to fight misinformation – before it spreads.
Africa Check’s Know the Facts Get the Vax multimedia series answers common questions about Covid vaccines.
A new study argues for an expanded definition of media literacy.
Since 2016, the 11 countries we studied nearly doubled their laws and regulations on misinformation. There is little to show for it.
As Covid-19 vaccines were rolled out across the world, a recent Africa Facts meeting discussed ways African fact-checkers could counter vacc...
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