Kudi, the sign language fact-checker brings you this week’s roundup of fact checks from across Africa. #SignLanguage #signlanguagefactcheck
29th July: 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
Does This Picture Show People Trekking in Lagos Following Increase in PMS Price?
On Friday, July 21, 2023, the Lagos State Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour shared a picture of people trekking in Lagos, Nigeria on his Twitter page. His accompanying text suggested image captured people trekking due to the recent hike in fuel price and transport following subsidy removal. […]
22nd July: 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
15th July: 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
CLAIM: Nigeria is the Major Sponsor of ECOWAS
On June 28, 2023, a user of the microblogging website, Twitter, replied to a tweet made by the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) on its handle @BIDC_EBID. The tweet reply made by @Enyin_Naya stated that Nigeria is the major sponsor of ECOWAS. EBID tweeted that “EBID’s $942.3M commitment to the service sectors in […]
1st July: 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
Can Nigerian doctors give care to children below 18 who are incapable of making informed decisions?
In June 2023, a Nigerian paediatric doctor posted on Twitter that a child died in his hospital and the doctors had to stand by and watch because the parents are Jehovah witness and forbade blood transfusion on their ward.
This tweet generated conversations around consent and human rights which has prompted a deep dive into the contentious issues surrounding giving care to minor or mature minors in Nigeria without parent’s consent.
Can Nigerian doctors treat bullet wound without police report?
Reports about how victims of bullet wound die because hospitals refuse to treat them without a police report abound. As recent as April 2023, HumAngle reported on hospitals rejecting gunshot victims.
17th 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
