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18th May: Africa Fact Check Round-Up

Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:

Claim: Kenya’s education minister has not announced that 29- to 35-year-old Kenyans will rewrite major high school exam

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Kenya’s prime cabinet secretary criticise own government over controversial house tax

Verdict: MISSING CONTEXT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: 20 Nigerians have been publicly executed in Saudi Arabia after a recent arrest for drug trafficking.

Verdict: MISLEADING

Source: Dubawa

Claim: Ghana’s agricultural sector grew by 0.7% in 2022 – NDC Flagbearer

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Dubawa – Ghana

Claim: Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in Shewa Robit, Amhara region, in May 2023 

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: Kenyan lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi invite the public to attend the Jubilee Party (JP) National Delegates Conference scheduled for 22 May 2023

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

Claim: Kenya Defence Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aden Duale confessed that Raila Odinga won the 2022 presidential election

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Pesa Check

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