As white South Africans made headlines for entering the US as refugees, claims about their contribution to farming back home ...

The people of Anambra state in south-eastern Nigeria are set to elect a new governor on 8 November 2025.Election campaigning ...

According to a video circulating on Facebook, US president Donald Trump said Africa’s mineral resources belonged to his ...

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 misinformation, but has made new claims about cancer, vaccines and the Pope’s death. We investigated. The pastor advised ...

South African billionaire Johann Rupert, US president Donald Trump (May 2025) There is no evidence to back billionaire Johann Rupert’s claim that undocumented foreigners are mainly behind farm murders ...

IN SHORT: A viral video on Instagram claims US president Donald Trump said he would resign if he were Kenya’s under-pressure president William Ruto. However, the video has been altered using ...

IN SHORT: Authorities in South Sudan say a viral document claiming the country has expelled the United States ambassador and shuttered its embassy due to visa disputes is inauthentic. They say ...

Tensions between South Africa and the new US administration have made headlines in the early weeks of 2025. Early in February, US president Donald Trump took to social media claiming that South Africa ...

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: While Trump has issued a series of executive orders, there is no proof that he has specifically ordered the children of Nigerian politicians to leave the country. Since retaking office in ...

A packed calendar of controversial events means that political spin, AI-generated content, vaccine conspiracies and job scams are all on the rise. Published on 17 January 2025 Kenya will see a number ...