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#AfricaCheckFellowship: Does Lesotho really have the ‘highest suicide rate in the world’? Only if you rely on ranking data the WHO warns against
Lesotho is often said to top suicide-rate rankings. But the World Health Organization warns that the estimates are uncertain.
‘Reimagining Nigeria’: fact-checking president’s adviser Tope Fasua’s bold economic claims
On TV, president Bola Tinubu’s economic adviser made eye-catching claims about topics from oil to poverty. But his numbers don’t all add up.
'A cow and a half a day?' How bad NYS maths went viral in Kenya – and still won’t die, 7 years on
In 2018, outrage over a corruption scandal helped aexaggerated graphic about beef consumption at Kenya’s National Youth Service go viral.
South Africa’s roads worst in the world to drive in? Not so fast
South Africa is the world’s most dangerous country to drive in, according to a ranking that has been widely reported.
Fact-checking healthcare influencer’s claims about Nigeria’s HIV stats
A prominent doctor and influencer, Aproko Doctor, sought to show how US aid cuts would hurt Nigeria’s HIV/Aids fight.
Did former governor Uduaghan ‘remarkably’ cut infant mortality in Nigeria’s Delta state by more than half, as glowing column claims?
Emmanuel Uduaghan's former commissioner for information made an eye-catching claim about Uduaghan's health achievements.
Nigeria accounts for 28.5% of the world's maternal deaths, not 10% as claimed by campaign group
A Nigerian civil rights group has been campaigning on the issue of unsafe termination of pregnancy.
Bullying in Nigerian schools: little evidence for national TV claim of ‘78% prevalence’
An incident caught on camera at a school in Abuja has put bullying in the spotlight. But the statistics do not stand up to scrutiny.
ELECTION FACTSHEET: Jobs in South Africa
Ahead of South Africa’s national and provincial elections in May 2024, we look at the country’s unemployment figures.
Right of reply: South Africa’s Minister of Human Settlements responds to Africa Check’s commentary on housing numbers
Minister of Human Settlements Mmamoloko Kubayi replies to our commentary on housing figures.