A Twitter user @NkirukaNistoran claims that Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has ordered the immediate reopening of the country’s borders.
The claim that President Bola Tinubu has ordered the reopening of all land borders in Nigeria is FALSE.
12th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: As a result of measles vaccination, “children are now suffering” from “adverse effects, some serious”. Verdict: UNPROVEN Source: Africa Check Claim: The measles vaccines being given to children “could” be “traditional measles shots, mRNA based measles shots, or C-19 shots”. Verdict: INCORRECT Source: Africa Check Claim: […]
10th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Kudi, the sign language fact-checker brings you this week’s roundup of fact checks from across Africa. #SignLanguage #signlanguagefactcheck
Fact-checking Claims on the Origin and Deaths of the Civil Unrest in Senegal
Olukokun Yusuf On 5th June 2023, a popular Twitter page with close to a million followers, @AfricaFactsZone made a post stating that 16 people have died following the protest in Senegal against President Sall’s unconstitutional third-term bid. The post also notes that opposition leader; Ousmane Sonko, has also been charged by a Senegalese court and […]
8th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Nigeria’s Ondo state governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu is dead Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Last year [the fuel subsidy] “gulped 4.3 trillion naira ($9.3 billion; £7.5 billion) Verdict: CORRECT Source: Africa Check Claim: For the first half of this year, 3.36 trillion naira was budgeted for […]
CLAIM: Minister of Education Impregnates His Deputy Minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Video)
7th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: The Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) has stopped the All People Congress Party (APC) from holding campaign rallies. Verdict: FALSE Source: Dubawa Claim: Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone calls interested citizens to apply for the June 24, 2023, multi-tier polls Verdict: FALSE Source: Dubawa
CLAIM: Minister of Education Impregnates His Deputy Minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo
On Friday, May 19, 2023, a Twitter blogger posted that Democratic Republic of Congo’s Minister of Education, Tony Mwaba Kazadi has impregnated his Deputy Minister, Aminata Namasia in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This tweet has generated thousands of reactions and reached over a million Twitter users already. VERIFICATION N-VA extracted the claim, “Minister […]
6th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Kudi, the sign language fact-checker brings you this week’s roundup of fact checks from across Africa. #SignLanguage #signlanguagefactcheck
5th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: “The current opposition [members] are all former government officials,” said Jefferson Koijee, the Mayor of Monrovia and Secretary of Mr. Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change. Verdict: FALSE Source: Dubawa Claim: The rise in inflation rate is a global challenge due to COVID-19 and is not peculiar to […]
