September 20, 2022
Africa: No, Covid Vaccines Don't Cause Body to Produce Toxic Spike Proteins That Cause Cancer
IN SHORT: A US doctor, who has previously made untrue claims about Covid-19 and vaccines, is on thin ice in saying the vaccines make your body produce a "toxin" spike protein which… Read more »
September 14, 2022
Nigeria: Ruling Party Chiefs Fall Flat With TV Claims About the Economy
The All Progressives Congress hopes to retain power in February polls. But several claims recently made by top party leaders didn't add up. Read more »
September 09, 2022
Africa: A Cover Girl? Not So Fast. How a Fact-Checker Almost Got Scammed and How You Can Avoid a Similar Fate
At Africa Check we're no strangers to uncovering scams. We've written extensively about job scams, conference scams, medical scams and even took a deep dive into a particularly… Read more »
September 07, 2022
Nigeria: Fact-Checking Four Claims About Antenatal Care and Pregnancy-Related Deaths in Nigeria
A doctor in northern Nigeria says fewer than 60% of pregnant women in the country visit a clinic for vital pre-birth care. We examine four claims in his interview with Punch… Read more »
September 05, 2022
South Africa: Number of Police Is Declining, but Minister Gets Figures Wrong - And What They Represent
While briefing the press on 2022's first quarter crime statistics, police minister Bheki Cele exaggerated how many police officers had left the force in the past decade. What else… Read more »
September 01, 2022
Nigeria: Ahead of Major #NigeriaDecides2023 Elections, Country's Fact-Checkers Write Open Letter to Politicians
As the election campaigns officially start in Nigeria, a coalition of its fact-checkers is asking politicians to reject misinformation and promote evidence-based public debate. Read more »
August 30, 2022
Nigeria: No, CNN's Brianna Keilar Didn't Name Her Son After Nigerian Presidential Candidate Peter Obi
Brianna Keilar, an anchor at the US cable news network CNN, has named her son after Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi. That's the claim in a message doing the rounds on… Read more »
August 25, 2022
South Africa: No Publicly Available Data Supports Claim That 80% of Women Who Give Birth At South African Hospital Are Undocumented Zimbabweans
In August 2022 Phophi Ramathuba, the government's head of health in South Africa's Limpopo province, caused a stir when she was recorded confronting a Zimbabwean national for… Read more »
Nigeria: No Evidence Presidential Candidate Abubakar Said He Can't Campaign in South East Because of Rival Peter Obi
"Peter Obi is giving me worries, I can't even campaign in south East again because he has taken over." That's a quote by Nigerian presidential candidate for the People's Democratic… Read more »
August 24, 2022
Africa: No, Africa Isn't the Largest Continent but Its Depiction On Popular Maps Is Misleading
"The madness of Colonialists!" begins a quote published in a Facebook post on 17 August 2022. Read more »
Kenya: Don't Be Scammed By Facebook Pages Using Kenyan Politician Chege's Name for Fake Loan Offers
Is Murang'a county woman representative Sabina Chege giving loans to Kenyans? Read more »
Kenya: No, Trade Union Boss and Odinga Supporter Atwoli Didn't Flee Kenya After Ruto's Presidency Win
A photo of Francis Atwoli, the secretary general of Kenya's Central Organization of Trade Unions, standing with a travelling bag at an airport is circulating on Facebook in August… Read more »
August 23, 2022
Kenya: Male Prostitution Ring Run By Son of Kenyan President-Elect Ruto? No, Newspaper Front Page Fake
"Gay affairs ring, Redhouse boss and Nick Ruto," reads the headline on what appears to be the front page of the Standard, a Kenyan newspaper, circulating on Facebook. Read more »
South Africa: Viral Home Remedy Won't Cure Your Dog's 'Cat Flu' - and Could Be Toxic
With the rising cost of living and high vet costs, pet owners are responding to a home concoction shared on social media. But they are well-advised to steer clear. Read more »
Africa: No Link Between Monkeypox and Pfizer Covid Vaccine - the Exposé Conspiracy Site Makes Up Evidence, Again
"Every single country where monkeypox is allegedly showing up is also a country that has aggressively pushed the Pfizer Covid-19 injection to its population," reads a screenshot… Read more »
August 22, 2022
Kenya: Elections Agency Flagged Thousands of Votes Mistakenly Given to Odinga? No, Article Screenshot Fake
"IEBC Flags another 9,200 votes in Kisumu east constituency mistakenly added to Raila," reads the headline on what seems to be a screenshot of an article by the Kenyan news site… Read more »
Uganda: No, Uganda Police Service Hasn't Dropped 100s of Recruits Over Document Fraud
An article apparently published by Ugandan news website Daily Express has been posted on Facebook, with the claim that the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) has stopped hiring after… Read more »
Nigeria: No Evidence Author Wole Soyinka Advises Nigerians to Vote for Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in 2023
A post published on Facebook claims Nigerian playwright, political activist and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has told Nigerians who to vote for in the 2023 general elections. Read more »
Kenya: No, Kenya's Electoral Commission Vice Chair Cherera Not On Facebook - Beware Imposter Page
Juliana Cherera, the vice chair of Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), has recently been one of the country's most talked about people. Read more »
Nigeria: No, Nigerian Information Minister Mohammed Didn't Say Presidential Candidate Obi Was Behind #EndSARS Protests
Nigerian information minister Lai Mohammed has accused Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi of being "the brain behind" the #EndSARS protest movement, claim messages… Read more »
Nigeria: No, Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service Not Recruiting
A message posted on Facebook in Nigeria claims the country's Federal Inland Revenue Service, or Firs, is recruiting for 2022-23. Read more »
Nigeria: No, Governor of Nigeria's Rivers State Hasn't Set Up a 'Marriage Monitoring Team'
"Marrying in Rivers State without having up to N5million is illegal," begins a message doing the rounds on Facebook in Nigeria. N is the Nigerian naira. Read more »
Kenya: No, President-Elect Ruto Didn't Lock Mount Kenya MPs Out of Meeting - Star Newspaper Clipping Fake
Newly elected parliamentarians from the Mount Kenya region were "yesterday" locked out of a two-hour meeting at president-elect William Ruto's office in the wealthy suburb of Karen… Read more »
August 19, 2022
Nigeria: No Announcement of Labour Party Leader Peter Obi Withdrawing From Nigeria's 2023 Presidential Race
"Peter obi to withdraw from president Race Reasons," is the title of a video posted on Facebook in August 2022. Read more »
August 15, 2022
South Africa: No, South African MPs Are Generally Not Paid Less Than Their International Counterparts
While the country faced rising fuel prices and power cuts, South African members of parliament prepared to accept a salary increase. But are they really not paid more than their… Read more »