Ahead of Ghana’s 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, civil society organisations have formed the Ghana ...

Nigeria's new education minister makes several claims and statistics about education in the country. We checked their accuracy.

IN SHORT: There’s no evidence that US president-elect Donald Trump made shocking statements in a speech called “rise up Africans”. Fake quotes like these may seem harmless, but they can have ...

IN SHORT: An Igbo chief from Nigeria’s Imo state was among a group of people arrested on various charges, including kidnapping, in 2020. Claims that the arrest took place in 2024 are false. “The Imo ...

IN SHORT: Two Nigerian justices who were part of the panel that upheld Bola Tinubu’s election as president were found dead, according to social media posts. But the Nigerian Judicial Council and the ...

IN SHORT: In October 2024, Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank experienced downtime due to a system upgrade. But the government denies instructing civil servants to shift their accounts to other banks.

IN SHORT: Just days after local media reported that the International Monetary Fund has approved millions of dollars in loans for Kenya, a graphic linking this to legalising homosexuality in the ...

The declaration highlighted politically sensitive environments, vulnerable and offline communities, linguistic diversity, public distrust of the media and resource challenges as some of the areas of ...

IN SHORT: A job advertisement on Facebook claims that KCB Bank Uganda is recruiting for various positions. But the ad includes signs of a scam, such as a dubious Outlook email address for applications ...

IN SHORT: A bill seeking to divide Nigeria's Oyo state into two has passed its second reading. However, it hasn't been signed into law, and many steps remain to be taken. In October 2024, a bill ...

IN SHORT: According to several Facebook posts, politician Femi Fani-Kayode is Nigeria’s new finance minister and author Reno Omokri is taking over as central bank governor. But this is not true.