Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:
Claim: Facebook account Rejel Ruto claims to offer Inua Jamii loans to Kenyans on Facebook
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Nigeria’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Peter Obi’s Labour Party as video claims
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Kenya’s Citizen TV report that governor of Kisumu county Anyang’ Nyong’o revealed his HIV status
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Kenya’s Inua Jamii programme does not give loans – Facebook account and page fake
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Former US president Barack Obama relocating to Kenya
Verdict: SATIRE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: US president Joe Biden supposedly condemning transgender women still making the rounds
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Amos Tweh has just announced that Boakai would pick Jeremiah Koung on Friday, April 28
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Dubawa
Claim: Anambra recorded a 53.7 percent poverty rate when the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi was the governor of the state.
Verdict: TRUE
Source: Dubawa-Ghana
Claim: Somali regional Special Force member captured by Afar civilians in April 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: ddis Ababa residents sleeping on the road after the government demolished their homes in April 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Somali region’s Special Forces soldiers captured by Jarso farmers in the Oromia region in March 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
