There are fears online that the world could be facing another pandemic in 2025.  Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a ...

For example, in 2022, Africa Check debunked a claim about poisonous biscuits that supposedly caused the death of 45 people.

The many related technologies known as artificial intelligence, or AI, may have felt inescapable in 2024. Countless news ...

The Kenyan president keeps lamenting that he has a disinformation problem. But the trouble isn’t the headlines – it’s the ...

We reflect on a year in which we worked to prevent the spread of harmful health misinformation, how scammers operate, ...

Following the arrest and detention of Biafra separatist Simon Ekpa in Finland, a claim circulated on Facebook that the Finnish authorities did not arrest Ekpa, but took him away to protect him from ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts have claimed that overtaking military convoys is illegal and punishable under Nigerian law. But there is no such law. Viral Facebook posts claim that overtaking ...

IN SHORT: Several posts on Facebook ask Nigerians to send texts via WhatsApp to participate in an electronic auction of vehicles and other items. However, the auction can only be accessed through the ...

The Africa Check team has been hard at work investigating hundreds of claims over the last 12 months. Here are our most-read fact-checks for 2024, with tips to help you sort fact from fiction this ...