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MFWA, Dubawa and Ghana Fact establish Ghana Fact-checking Coalition ahead of December elections
Ahead of Ghana’s 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, civil society organisations have formed the Ghana ...
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Hit or miss? Fact-checking former lawmaker Dakuku Peterside's statistics advising Nigeria's new education minister
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.
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Video of a Nigerian female police officer accusing male colleague of assault is from 2022, not 2024 as social media posts claim
IN SHORT: In 2022, several Nigerian media outlets reported that a female police officer had accused a male coworker of assault. Shortly after, a video of her explaining what happened went viral on ...
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No evidence basil leaf and ginger mixture cures infections
IN SHORT: A video on Facebook claims that combining basil and ginger can treat infections, but does not specify what type of infection. Be wary of posts lacking such details, and consult your doctor. ...
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Child kidnapping warning is a variation on an old hoax, now with fictitious sources
IN SHORT: A message in Afrikaans warning about child kidnapping in South Africa is a variation of older hoax messages that make false claims about the nature of kidnapping and trafficking. The only ...
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Kenya’s national assembly dismisses fake memo requesting the vetting of nominees for cabinet positions
IN SHORT: Just months after new cabinet members were appointed, a document requesting the vetting of eight new nominees for cabinet positions has circulated widely on social media in Kenya. However, ...
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No, Nigeria’s Rivers state governor Siminalayi Fubara didn’t shut down the national petrol corporation and oil companies in the state
IN SHORT: A claim is circulating on social media in Nigeria that the Rivers state governor Siminalayi Fubara has shut down the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and other oil companies in the ...
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Nigeria’s University of Lagos warns of scammers as it disowns ‘discretionary admission opportunities’ on Facebook
IN SHORT: The University of Lagos in Nigeria says it has nothing to do with discretionary admission offers circulating on social media. Those behind such postings are out to scam you, it warns. The ...
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Kenyans, ignore this Facebook page impersonating asset finance company M-Kopa
IN SHORT: This Facebook page poses as an asset finance company and targets motorbike taxi operators with attractive offers on motorbikes. But the page is fake and the offers are scams. The Facebook ...
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PRESS RELEASE: 50 fact-checking organisations in Africa sign pact on information integrity
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 ...
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‘Rise up Africans’: No evidence US president-elect Donald Trump made controversial speech about Africans
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 ...