After public bust-ups with allies and risky deals with rivals, Ruto’s listing cabinet looks to have steadied. We take a ...

IN SHORT: An image of a front page supposedly from Kenya’s Standard newspaper claims there has been peace in the country since former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua left for the US. However, the ...

A TikTok video circulating widely claims that on his surprise resignation from government, Kenyan politician Moses Kuria accused president William Ruto and former prime minister Raila Odinga of being ...

A job advertisement posted on Facebook claims that the United States Agency for International Development (USAid), in partnership with other organisat ...

IN SHORT: A claim that Nigeria’s former central bank governor Godwin Emefiele has returned N4 trillion (about US$2.6 billion) to the government is doing the rounds online. But Africa Check found no ...

IN SHORT: The West African Examinations Council has asked the public to disregard a list of Nigerian schools supposedly disqualified for exam malpractice in the 2025 senior school certificate exams.

IN SHORT: Claims that a company called PesaTube is paying social media users to watch videos daily are false, and similar to a previous scam Africa Check debunked. According to a message sent to ...

The Nigerian senate has approved the creation of 12 new states across the country. That’s according to a message circulating on social media in Nigeria s ...

“Staged abduction,” reads the apparent front page of Kenya’s Standard newspaper, dated 3 July 2025, still circulating on Facebook. In the summary below the headline, the newspaper appears to offer an ...

In April 2025, messaging platform WhatsApp introduced a new feature called “advanced chat privacy”. We break down the facts.

The FBI is set to arrest a Nigerian fraudster by name Ehiremen Aigbokhan who scammed Donald Trump of 250,000 dollars,” reads ...

A TikTok user has posted a video in which they claim that the Iranian president warned Nigeria against getting involved in the conflict between Israel and ...