Kenyan deputy president Gachagua latest public official to repeat misleading education funding statistic
Rigathi Gachagua inaccurately claimed that education receives 27% of the national budget. The real figure is 15.2%.
As Kenyan president Ruto racks up the air miles, we fact-checked his talking points on taxes and education funding
Ruto is set to visit the US, hot on the heels of trips to Ghana, Guinea and Japan. But do his repeated claims to foreign audiences add up?
#ManifestoCheck: Verifying 9 claims from the Democratic Alliance’s ‘Rescue Plan for South Africa’
Did the Democratic Alliance get its facts right when it outlined how it would tackle several problem areas if it were voted into power?
Bad maths, flawed sources and false claims: Kenya’s education minister, others get key education statistics wrong
Kenya's education sector is under the microscope following policy fumbles by officials. As the scrutiny intensifies, claims are being made.
Headlines that Covid has re-emerged in Nigeria’s Benue state misleading, health officials say
A national newspaper reported that 25 new cases had been confirmed in the north-central state. This is incorrect, health officials said.
Part 2: More claims from the ANC’s #2019ANCManifestoReview rally fact-checked
The ANC is reviewing the promises it made to voters in 2019. We checked whether the claims made were supported by data.
#2019ANCManifestoReview: Fact-checking the ruling party’s claims about progress in South Africa
The ANC is reviewing the promises it made to voters five years ago. But some of the successes it claims are not supported by data.