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As the country debates THAT White House meeting, we took a closer look at some of the claims traded in the Oval Office.
Official campaigns for Nigeria’s 2023 general elections – expected to be among the most important in its recent democratic history – kicked off on 28 September 2022. On 25 February 2023, tens of ...
Are white Afrikaners really being killed “like flies”? Is a white South African farmer being “slaughtered every five days?” Would the number of whites “killed in SA in black on white violence” fill ...
The tweet’s claim that there are 1.8 million white and 30 million black people of working age in South Africa is understated. The country has 40.2 million working age people, 2.84 million (7%) of them ...
As one of South Africa’s most pressing problems, rape levels in the country get discussed and reported on often. And as a result, many of the statistics used cross our desks here at Africa Check.
A newspaper article written by a former federal lawmaker advising Nigeria's new education minister makes several claims and statistics about education in the country. We checked their accuracy.
An article by South Africa’s Independent Online claims that one in five youth aged nine to 17 has a diagnosable mental health disorder, and only a third of those get the care they need. But the first ...
“With an estimated minimum of 15million illegal immigrants in South Africa, according to SA Home affairs (probably a lot more) that makes up between 20% to 25% of our population,” reads a tweet by a ...
IN SHORT: There were widespread protests in Kinshasa in February 2024 and the largest were centred outside the embassies of the US, UK and France. But rumours that the French embassy was set on fire ...
1. Who owns the land in South Africa? The department of rural development and land reform has released two land audits. The first, published in 2013, covered state-owned land. It found that 14% of ...
IN SHORT: According to a message on Facebook, the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided a New York house belonging to former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and found $5 billion in cash and gold ...
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