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

No, South African family didn’t move into broken army chopper – yet another satire story taken out of context ...

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

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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 ...

IN SHORT: A post going viral on social media in Kenya appears to show a statement from the National Police Service alleging that immigrants were involved in violent street protests. However, the ...

IN SHORT: A photo on social media is being reposted with the claim it shows Kenyan IT expert Ndiang’ui Kinyagia, found dumped and unconscious after his mysterious disappearance. But the man in the ...

IN SHORT: The Trump administration is considering adding 36 countries, including Nigeria, to the US travel ban list. But the US president hasn’t labelled the West African country a threat to global ...

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