Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:
Claim: Senator Orji Uzor Kalu said Ndigbo must Hold Peter Obi responsible if he fails to be the next Senate President
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Kenya’s first lady Rachel Ruto at prayer meeting with suspected cult leader Paul Mackenzie
Verdict: FAKE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Veteran Kenyan politician Raila Odinga appointed security company chair
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Nigeria’s financial crimes commission arrest former minister of aviation in April 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Tricycle made by Nigerian local car company Innoson
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Mr Yofi Grant, CEO of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, has said Ghana’s economy grew at 4.8% in the third quarter of 2022 amidst a global economic slowdown.
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Dubawa – Ghana
Claim: Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines manufactured by Pfizer and Moderna pharma companies are no longer authorised in the United States
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Link posted online claimed to be a live discussion between Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) party leader Jawar Mohammed and Al Jazeera
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Sudanese troops withdrawing from Ethiopia due to the conflict in their country in April 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: health worker fixing a surgical light in the middle of a medical procedure in a Ugandan hospital
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: USSD code that allow customers to borrow money from the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)
Verdict: HOAXES
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Conflict in Dejen, in the Amhara region of Ethiopia in April 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Elon Musk increased Twitter Blue subscription to $15 per month in April 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
