Three out of 10 Nigerian men are not biological fathers of their children.
Source: The Vanguard
A national survey of “paternity fraud” has not been conducted in Nigeria.
The Kenyan government has increased the health sector budget by more than 30% in the last two fiscal years.
Source: Kenya’s cabinet secretary for health, Sicily Kariuki
From 2017/18 to 2018/19, Kenya’s total health budget rose by 29.9%.
Recent newspaper reports suggested that inhalers, used by sufferers from lung disease, could be dangerous. What data supports these claims, and is it inhalers themselves or the steroids dispensed by some of these devices that are the problem? We investigated.
Two claims on maternal and under-five mortality in Kenya.
Source: UK charity Penny Appeal (2019)
One mostly correct, one correct
77% of Nigerian women use skin lighteners
Source: International media reports
No data supports claim
Does South Africa spend five times more on healthcare per person than Nigeria? Does one doctor serve 16,000 Kenyans? We’ve put together some startling facts from our work on the continent.
Four promises from a 2018 national address.
Source: 2018 state of the nation address.
Two promises kept, one broken and one still in progress.
Eight claims from the ANC’s 2019 "January 8th statement"
Source: ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa
Three correct, two mostly correct, one incorrect, two misleading
The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World has responded to our fact-check of their claim that half of men and a third of women in South Africa smoke.
Does being single kill faster than obesity? Can you sue over an opinion poll? Just how much does Nigeria owe China? Some claims push back at fact-checkers. Here’s why.