The annual address was set against a backdrop of choppy regional and global waters. How did Ramaphosa fare with his facts?

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided a New York house belonging to former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and ...

Trump Orders FBI to Arrest ‘Wike’ on Sight in Any European Country, Including France, Over Alleged Crimes Committed During ...

IN SHORT: A viral video claims to show a ferry service between Onitsha and Lagos. But the video, posted initially on TikTok by a travel content creator, shows a ferry between Zanzibar and mainland ...

IN SHORT: With February 2025 elections for the African Union Commission chairperson looming, a graphic with a claim that Kenya’s candidate Raila Odinga is set to drop out of the race to focus on his ...

Africa Check, the continent’s pioneering fact-checking organisation, has been debunking falsehoods and promoting information credibility since 2012. We have four offices across the continent: in ...

IN SHORT: A video has been circulating online with the claim it shows Nigerians in Niger protesting against a French military base. But it is from August 2023, during a pro-coup rally in Niger.

IN SHORT: New Zimbabwean legislation raised the retirement age for some civil servants in 2025. This doesn’t apply in South Africa, as some social media posts suggest. It is a photo of a genuine ...

IN SHORT: A claim is circulating on Facebook, saying that Nigeria’s northern governors have rejected English as the medium of instruction in their schools. Niger state governor Mohammed Bago has ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts promote a mixture that can “boost low sperm count” in men. However, the supplement is not backed up by any scientific evidence and is not registered with Nigeria’s ...

IN SHORT: Several social media users have attributed a statement that suggests internal struggles within the Nigerian presidency to vice president Kashim Shettima. But there is no proof of this ...