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

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

IN SHORT: A video is circulating online in Nigeria, showing politician Omoyele Sowore meeting with presidential adviser Nuhu Ribadu. Users suggest it shows Sowore’s defection to the ruling All ...

IN SHORT: A video circulating on Facebook claims that red jatropha leaves can cure HIV, instructing people to drink jatropha tea for six months. But this is false; there is no cure for HIV. A video ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts claim that six police officers were arrested in Imo state for assaulting civilians with machetes. But the images attached to the posts are from 2023, not April 2025.

IN SHORT: An online image resembling the front page of Kenya’s Standard newspaper, claims that opposition politician Kalonzo Musyoka has been offered KSh4 billion to drop his presidential bid. However ...

IN SHORT: Videos of disgraced naturopath Barbara O’Neill saying pap smears damage the cervix, with potential to cause abnormal cell growth, are doing the rounds online. But this is false. While they ...

IN SHORT: Several social media posts allege that Nigerian politician Rabiu Kwankwaso has ditched his party and met with president Bola Tinubu to discuss his move to the ruling All Progressives ...

IN SHORT: A message circulating on Facebook claims that Nigeria has launched a missile strike on Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, targeting the country’s military head of state, Ibrahim Traoré.

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 ...

IN SHORT: A video circulating on TikTok in April 2025 claims that 16 girls were recently rescued from Nigerian human trafficking kingpins in Kempton Park, South Africa. But this is misleading – the ...