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

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

IN SHORT: Several viral videos and posts on social media wrongly claim that the son of Kenya’s deputy police chief Eluid Lagat killed a man in Thome in the capital Nairobi. But there is no evidence to ...

A document circulating on Facebook appears to be a statement from Kenya’s former prime minister and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader, Raila Odinga. It strongly condemns the police ...

No, mixture of guava leaves, ginseng root, ginger and lemons can’t cure blocked fallopian tubes or endometriosis – see a doctor instead ...

A post on Facebook claims that Tukur Buratai, Nigeria’s former chief of army staff, escaped an attack by Boko Haram in early ...

A post circulating on Facebook claims that Rwandan president Paul Kagame is critically ill in an intensive care unit (ICU) in ...

A graphic posted on the social media platform X on 19 June 2025 is designed to look like a breaking-news alert from the Star, a Kenyan newspaper. It ...

South Africa is notorious for its levels of rape. But the true extent of the problem is unknown. This guide looks at the limited data available.