Emmanuel Uduaghan's former commissioner for information made an eye-catching claim about Uduaghan's health achievements.

Kenyan president William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga have settled on lawmaker Junet Mohammed as cabinet secretary ...

A country’s economy is often looked at in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the total value of all goods and services it produces in a year.

The Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town was founded in 1825, making it almost 200 years old. Other old museums in Africa include the Egyptian Museum, first built in 1835, the Bardo National Museum ...

Nigeria's new education minister makes several claims and statistics about education in the country. We checked their accuracy.

IN SHORT: An image which appears to show a large Israeli flag planted on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa is circulating on social media. But it is likely manipulated or generated using ...

IN SHORT: Several video clips of Fikile Mbalula, the secretary general of South Africa’s largest political party, criticising party president Cyril Ramaphosa are deceptively edited. Mbalula was ...

IN SHORT: A much-shared screenshot appears to be an X post from a pro-Biafran leader, claiming that the head of the World Trade Organization helped his organisation secure a colossal loan. But the X ...

IN SHORT: Social media posts claim that “50% of the population have a genetic disorder which inhibits conversion of ‘synthetic folic acid’ into FOLATE”, advising users to throw their folic acid “in ...

IN SHORT: The claim that a high court in southwestern Nigeria has ordered Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, to pay a fine of N500 million (about US$304,000) for making a defamatory statement ...

In October 2024, WhatsApp messages circulated in Nigeria claiming that the governor was planning to raise fees in state-owned institutions after the November elections for governor. The state has ...