A message sent to Africa Check by subscribers to our WhatsApp lines claims that a company called “Sibanye Water” is offering ...

A document circulating on Facebook appears to be a statement from Kenya’s former prime minister and Orange Democratic ...

A post circulating on Facebook claims that Rwandan president Paul Kagame is critically ill in an intensive care unit (ICU) in ...

A TikTok video shows a photo of Kenya’s deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Eliud Lagat, who stepped aside from his ...

IN SHORT: The graphic claims YouTuber Lynn Ngugi said activist Rose Njeri collaborated with Estonian hackers and Boniface ...

A post on Facebook claims that Tukur Buratai, Nigeria’s former chief of army staff, escaped an attack by Boko Haram in early ...

A graphic posted on the social media platform X on 19 June 2025 is designed to look like a breaking-news alert from the Star, a Kenyan newspaper. It ...

A video posted on TikTok shows US president Donald Trump apparently saying: “President Ruto is stealing and killing Kenyans.

The fourth edition of the Africa Facts summit, scheduled for 1-2 October 2025 in Dakar, Senegal, will bring together ...

Do white farmers produce most of our key crops? Unpacking viral claims about South African agriculture As white South Africans made headlines for entering the US as refugees, online claims about their ...

Pope Leo XIV has appealed to the Nigerian government to release Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu for the sake of peace in Nigeria and Africa. That’s according to a message posted as breaking news ...

From table salt to the Vatican: Unpacking popular Nigerian pastor Chris Oyakhilome's new viral health claims Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 ...