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

A Facebook post claims that the “National Youth Empowerment Fund Application Form 2025” is now available. It promises Kenyans aged 13 to 65 a ...

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” ...

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

A document circulating on Facebook appears to be a statement from Kenya’s former prime minister and Orange Democratic ...

A TikTok video shows a photo of Kenya’s deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Eliud Lagat, who stepped aside from his ...

A post on Facebook claims that Tukur Buratai, Nigeria’s former chief of army staff, escaped an attack by Boko Haram in early ...

From table salt to the Vatican: Unpacking popular Nigerian pastor Chris Oyakhilome's new viral health claims Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 ...

‘Death, death, death’: setting the record straight on Trump’s South Africa farm murder spectacle As the country debates THAT White House meeting, we took a closer look at some of the claims traded in ...

EXPLAINER: What South Africa’s Expropriation Act does and doesn’t allow The South African government’s passing of the 2024 Expropriation Act was received with mixed reactions, including criticism from ...

IN SHORT: While Nigerians grapple with the rising cost of living and reported bad governance, a claim has spread on social media that an investigative journalism group has named Nigeria’s president ...