Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Church was struck by lightning in the US during a marriage ceremony for homosexual couple Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Governor of Nigeria’s Lagos state has ordered traffic agency to stop arresting motorists Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: “Beware of fake alcoholic beverages being […]
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: […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
2nd June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Tinubu appoints Gbajabiamila as Chief of StaffVerdict: FALSESource: FactCheckHub Claim: “When the Unity Party was exiting in 2017, inflation was 30%,” said Randall Dobayou, a stalwart of the CDC and Deputy Director for the Environmental Protection Agency.Verdict: FALSESource: Dubawa Claim: OPDO [Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF)] […]
31st May: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Kenya’s presidential spokesperson Hussein Mohamed resign over ‘rampant corruption’ in government Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: South Africans pay for blood transfusions and paid to donate Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Gaddafi plan to introduce an African currency backed by gold reserves Verdict: PARTLY […]
29th May: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Hon Williams claims to offer “Inua Jamii loans” starting from KSh75,000. Verdict: SCAM Source: Africa Check Claim: Mashirima Kapombe Citizen Tvv is running promotions on a Facebook group in Kenya with over 144,000 members. Verdict: SCAM Source: Africa Check Claim: Ugandan blogger Barista Timo is wanted […]
26th May: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
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 […]
22nd May: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Nigerians to register for the “ongoing Lagos State Internship program” Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Telecom giant MTN is rewarding its old customers in Ghana with free 10GB data. Verdict: FALSE Source: Dubawa – Ghana
