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 ...

A TikTok video shows a photo of Kenya’s deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Eliud Lagat, who stepped aside from his ...

A document circulating on Facebook appears to be a statement from Kenya’s former prime minister and Orange Democratic ...

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 ...

IN SHORT: This Facebook account advertises various products and encourages users to pay in instalments. However, its offers are scams and should be disregarded. The Facebook account Mogo Boda Boda ...

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: 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 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: 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 ...