The Kenyan president keeps lamenting that he has a disinformation problem. But the trouble isn’t the headlines – it’s the ...

For example, in 2022, Africa Check debunked a claim about poisonous biscuits that supposedly caused the death of 45 people.

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 image montre la construction d’une route en Chine. Cette publication intervient dans un contexte où les pays de l’Alliance des États du Sahel (le Mali, le Burkina Faso et le Niger) ont ...

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EN BREF - L’image dont nous vérifions l’origine a été prise le 8 novembre 2021 près de Kuznica, en Pologne, dans un contexte où les autorités polonaises ont envoyé des milliers de soldats à sa ...

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