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Africa Check and the European Union equip Kenya's media, researchers, diplomats, civil society and public officials to build defence against foreign information manipulation

For a week, Africa Check, the continent’s leading organisation in information integrity and resilience, strengthened Kenya’s media, research ...
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IN-DEPTH: Silicone Valley Shares – red flags aplenty as South Sudanese worry over invested cash

South Sudanese who sank their hard-earned money into a “US venture capital firm” promising breathtaking returns are worried. They have reason to be – there are many signs that Silicone Valley Shares ...
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Sona 2026 data showed modest economic progress in South Africa before Middle East conflict cast a shadow

As president Cyril Ramaphosa and members of parliament debated the state of the nation, various figures were shared to show gains, or a lack thereof. Those claims will likely be put to the test due to ...
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Africa Check fosters informed public debate and empowers society to make evidence-based decisions ...
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Africa's first independent fact-checking organisation

Africa Check is a non-profit organisation set up in 2012 to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. Africa needed an organisation dedicated to holding public figures accountable for ...
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GUIDE: Scam trends to watch out for in 2026 and how to stay safe online

In 2025, Africa Check investigated over 20 scams circulating online in Nigeria, from Facebook pages impersonating popular commercial banks to fake money-doubling investment opportunities. The risks of ...
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EXPLAINER: What South Africa’s Expropriation Act does and doesn’t allow

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 ...
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Are 30,000 children really 'trafficked' in South Africa every year? The claim exaggerates the problem

30,000 children “trafficked” into the sex trade every year in South Africa; 30,000 children “currently” being prostituted in South Africa. Human trafficking is rife in South Africa, if recent press ...
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From presidential farm robbery to impeachment enquiry: a moving timeline of Ramaphosa's Phala Phala scandal

What has become known as the Phala Phala scandal has followed South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa through his second term in office, drawing in some of South Africa's most powerful institutions ...
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Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper didn’t publish viral obituary claiming governor faked death in 2008 to evade arrest

IN SHORT: An apparent obituary circulating on social media claims Kiambu county governor Kimani Wamatangi faked his death to start afresh. But no official records support this, and the Daily Nation ...
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Fact-checking Helen Zille’s claims about Johannesburg’s water crisis

Veteran South African politician Zille clashed with radio host Anele Mdoda, making claims about water infrastructure in Johannesburg and Cape Town. We tested them for accuracy. Zille was correct about ...
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Yes, hippos kill ‘around 500 people a year in Africa’

“Hippos are the mammals that kill the most people in Africa, yet their diet consists of only grass,” reads a meme going around Facebook in South Africa. “If hippos don’t kill people for food, why do ...