police
Police violence in South Africa: what do the numbers show?
After a boy with down syndrome was shot outside his home, claims about the actions of South Africa’s police force have appeared online. Is, ...
Is KwaZulu-Natal South Africa’s murder capital? Or Inanda township the country's ‘rape capital’?
A news website claimed that KwaZulu-Natal province was South Africa’s “murder capital” and the province’s Inanda township its “rape capital”...
Is Nigeria’s Cross River state among the safest, as governor claimed?
Settling into his second term, governor Ben Ayade contended that Cross River state in southern Nigeria had fewer instances of crime than the...
ANALYSIS: #EndSARS campaign - the trouble with quick-fix Nigeria police reforms
Demands for an immediate radical reform of Nigeria’s much criticised police are rising. But can a ‘Georgia-solution’ work in Africa’s most p...
The Jubilee Party manifesto: 5 claims fact-checked
President Uhuru Kenyatta is up for re-election in next month’s poll. Do some of the claims made in his party’s new manifesto add up?
Can you trace a missing person using their phone's IMEI number… even when it’s off?
South Africa’s police minister tweeted that the search for missing persons could be eased if people knew the IMEI number of their loved ones...
Fact-checking Kenya’s deputy president on maize imports, debt, electricity & police
William Ruto is keen to highlight the ruling party’s record as polls near. Do his claims add up? We checked
Fact-checked: Kenyatta's 2017 State of the Nation Address
Kenya's president delivered his fourth state of the nation address in Nairobi. We fact-checked his claims.