Stop wearing these smartwatches,” says a man in a video shared on Instagram and Facebook. “I’ve warned you about ...

A document posted on Facebook claims the South Sudanese government has expelled the US ambassador and ordered the closure of ...

Entries for the 2025 African Fact-Checking Awards are now open to journalists, journalism students and professional ...

Cancer is not trying to kill you. Cancer is trying to save your life,” a man claims in a reel circulating on Facebook. He ...

A TikTok video shows the main entrance to Uganda’s parliament building, with the national anthem playing in the background. ...

A claim is circulating on Facebook, saying that Namibia's new president has ordered the deportation of more than 500 US ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré became Burkina Faso’s leader in September 2022 after leading a coup that ousted interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.

A video shared on Kenyan social media in April 2025, where it has drawn tens of thousands of views, claims that former deputy ...

The Global Corruption Barometer Africa survey has detailed public opinion data on citizens’ views on corruption and direct experiences of bribery in Africa. A 2022 Afrobarometer survey found that 73% ...

IN SHORT: The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra is facing several charges bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony. But the claim that the country’s top judge has acquitted him of all ...

IN SHORT: Some Facebook posts claim these are the names of candidates shortlisted by Nigeria’s Federal Civil Service Commission for unspecified jobs. But the agency says the list is fake. Some social ...