A graphic posted on the social media platform X on 19 June 2025 is designed to look like a breaking-news alert from the Star, ...

A video posted on TikTok shows US president Donald Trump apparently saying: “President Ruto is stealing and killing Kenyans.

The fourth edition of the Africa Facts summit, scheduled for 1-2 October 2025 in Dakar, Senegal, will bring together ...

For democracy to function, public figures need to be held to account for what they say. The claims they make need to be checked, openly and impartially.

Users on Facebook, Instagram and X have shared the same “BREAKING NEWS” message, claiming that “A CURE FOR HIV/AIDS HAS JUST ...

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

It wasn’t in the first version of his tweet, but at some point Jooste tacked on the claim that black farmers owned “approximately 50% of all the land area”.. This statistic veers far from all reliable ...

“EACC raids Nairobi Traffic Commandant Joseph Chirchir and discovers Sh25 million in cash,” reads a graphic making the rounds on Facebook. (KSh25 million is about US$190,000.) The graphic, dated 3 ...

A graphic attributing a quote to Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame is circulating social media in Kenya. In the graphic Kagame hints that foreign funding is responsible for activism in three East African ...

“Trumpp set to buy land in Kenya,” reads the text on a video circulating on Instagram and TikTok. It shows US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office saying that he wants to buy land in Vihiga, a ...