As white South Africans made headlines for entering the US as refugees, claims about their contribution to farming back home went viral.

The people of Anambra state in south-eastern Nigeria are set to elect a new governor on 8 November 2025.Election campaigning ...

According to a video circulating on Facebook, US president Donald Trump said Africa’s mineral resources belonged to his ...

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 misinformation, but has made new claims about cancer, vaccines and the Pope’s death. We investigated. The pastor advised ...

As attention shifts to Nigerian president Bola Tinubu’s achievements ahead of 2027 elections, his power minister, Adebayo Adelabu, has been eager to highlight improvements in the troubled energy ...

Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traoré, came to power in September 2022 following a military coup that ousted interim ...

Are white Afrikaners really being killed “like flies”? Is a white South African farmer being “slaughtered every five days?” Would the number of whites “killed in SA in black on white violence” fill ...

A newspaper article written by a former federal lawmaker advising Nigeria's new education minister makes several claims and statistics about education in the country. We checked their accuracy.

IN SHORT: There were widespread protests in Kinshasa in February 2024 and the largest were centred outside the embassies of the US, UK and France. But rumours that the French embassy was set on fire ...

As one of South Africa’s most pressing problems, rape levels in the country get discussed and reported on often. And as a result, many of the statistics used cross our desks here at Africa Check.

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 ...

IN SHORT: A video of Kenyan president William Ruto speaking in French is circulating on social media in Kenya. However, the audio has been edited using artificial intelligence tools. A short video, ...