Nigeria’s former president Muhammadu Buhari died in a London hospital on Sunday 13 July 2025. The news of his death ...

A message sent to Africa Check by subscribers to our WhatsApp lines claims that a company called “Sibanye Water” is offering ...

IN SHORT: This Facebook account advertises various products and encourages users to pay in instalments. However, its offers are scams and should be disregarded. The Facebook account Mogo Boda Boda ...

IN SHORT: A video circulating on Facebook appears to show South African epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim stoking fear about Covid vaccines in a TV news interview. But the video is a deepfake, and the ...

Old news We conducted a Google reverse image search of keyframes from the video. The results showed that the video first appeared online in 2023. An internet search for “Alaba market demolished” ...

IN SHORT: A TikTok video shows Kithure Kindiki apparently warning protesters ahead of the June 2025 demonstrations. However, the clip is actually from July 2023 and has nothing to do with the Gen ...

IN SHORT: Two front pages resembling the design of Kenya’s Standard newspaper accuse former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua of paying young people to incite chaos during protests. However, both ...

A graphic circulating on Facebook appears to show the results of a poll by Trends and Insights For Africa (Tifa) that ranks the top political leaders in western Kenya. Tifa is a research firm with ...

IN SHORT: A viral image, mimicking the weekend edition of Uganda’s New Vision newspaper, calls president Yoweri Museveni the “worst dictator”. But the front page is fake and should be ignored.

A front page posted on Facebook appears to be the 27 June 2025 edition of Kenya’s Standard newspaper.It features the paper’s official masthead and a bo ...

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