Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:
Claim: Video show children who were forced to kill and eat babies by a satanic cult
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Kenya’s Nuru Gas Company looking for ‘passionate workers’ to hire
Verdict: SCAM
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Roto Tank Moulders offers huge discounts on Roto water tanks manufactured by Roto Moulders Limited, a company in Kenya.
Verdict: SCAM
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Kenya’s Nairobi county buy KSh1 billion worth of stationery
Verdict: FAKE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Nigeria’s ministry of interior asked Nigerians to get a certificate for enduring president Buhari’s two terms in office
Verdict: FAKE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved federal executive council
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: “Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence was part of the 19 lawmakers who endorsed Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai in 2017.”
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Dubawa
Claim: Tuface prays for his wife as she battles cancer.
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Dubawa
Claim: PalmPay Nigeria is running promotion on Facebook
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Kenya’s Attorney General Justin Muturi has resigned
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: German supermarket chain Aldi is offering free money in a promotion
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Image of the conflict in Gojjam, Amhara region of Ethiopia in May 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) instruct candidates to fear women
Verdict: ALTERED
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Image of the aftermath of an arson attack in Addis Ababa in 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Video of former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta being blocked from accessing the Bomas of Kenya on 18 May 2023 for the Jubilee National Delegates Conference (NDC)
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Solar panels cannot generate electricity when it is overcast
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
