For a week, Africa Check, the continent’s leading organisation in information integrity and resilience, strengthened Kenya’s media, research ...

Anti-immigrant groups have set 30 June 2026 as a “deadline” for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa. This is not a government directive, and it has no effect on anyone’s immigration status.

IN SHORT: A poster circulating on social media in South Africa claims that anyone who “catch and bring an illegal foreign national” to the department of home affairs will receive R250 per “illegal ...

IN SHORT: A statement attributed to Kenya’s Federation of Women Lawyers is doing the rounds on social media, demanding an apology from Mombasa county governor Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir over alleged ...

IN SHORT: A claim circulating on social media in June 2026 quotes the Zimbabwean president saying that his government will not provide transport for Zimbabwean citizens fleeing South Africa, instead ...

EN BREF - La photo est hors contexte et date de 2021. La supposée attaque sur des Mexicains en Afrique du Sud a été réfutée par l’ambassade du Mexique dans le pays. En match d'ouverture de la coupe du ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts claim Nigeria’s electoral body has opened recruitment for ad-hoc staff ahead of the 2027 general elections. But there is no evidence that the exercise has started, and ...

Established in 2017, the Africa Facts Network is a growing community of 58 fact-checking organisations working across more than 35 countries on the continent. From North to South, East to West, and ...

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 ...

L'élection présidentielle de février 2024 au Sénégal est considérée comme l'une des plus importantes de l'histoire démocratique du pays. Afin de contribuer à un débat public basé sur les faits, Africa ...