For example, in 2022, Africa Check debunked a claim about poisonous biscuits that supposedly caused the death of 45 people. We found that the claim originated in 2016 and was also debunked that year.

We reflect on a year in which we worked to prevent the spread of harmful health misinformation, how scammers operate, ...

The untold story was that in the months to October 2023, there were foreign outflows from the Kenyan bourse, and the shilling ...

Here are our most-read fact-checks for 2024, with tips to help you sort fact from fiction this holiday season.

EN BREF - Cette photographie montre un train de l’Union Pacific Train aux États-Unis. Par ailleurs, il existe plusieurs classements concernant les trains selon des paramètres bien définis. Dans cet ...

Africa Check is a non-profit organisation set up in 2012 to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. We depend on donations to bring you quality, fact-based information and keep ...

No, US singer Chris Brown was not robbed while on tour in South Africa ...

As a leading supporter of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and its Code of Principles, Africa Check is committed to transparency about our funding and organisation. Africa Check is a non ...

Africa Check is a non-partisan organisation that exists to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa, so raising the quality of information available to the public. Set up in 2012, we ...

EN BREF - Cette photographie a été prise en 2017. Elle montre l’ancien président syrien Bachar al-Assad en compagnie de ses enfants, lors d’une visite chez un soldat de l’armée syrienne dans la ...

According to several Facebook posts, to access your West African Examinations Council (WAEC) certificate, you must send a message to a group and pay N15,000 (about US$10). The council is the leading ...