Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Covid-19 vaccines trigger multiple sclerosis Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Channels Nigeria TV promises to help Nigerians double their money within an hour. Verdict: SCAM Source: Africa Check Claim: Video of off-road car taken by flooded river filmed in South Africa Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa […]
27th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Kenyan opposition leaders split over controversial finance law Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Nigerian president Bola Tinubu fall during a tour of the new national security adviser office in Abuja Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta calls his successor William […]
26th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: “Good morning, Get school fees and business loans now. Those who are interested, inbox me your full names, telephone number, and your location for consideration.”- H E Williams Rutto Verdict: SCAM Source: Africa Check Claim: Kenya’s Nairobi county rep Esther Passaris said she ‘was elected to […]
23rd June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Nigeria’s Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is sharing handouts containing questions and answers from previous recruitment exercises. Verdict: SCAM Source: Africa Check Claim: FG Approves 114% Salary Increase for Tinubu, Shettima, Govs, Others Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Renegade Air first […]
22nd June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Police officer Mohammed Umar Abba has taken over as acting chair of Nigeria’s financial crimes commission after Abdulrasheed Bawa’s suspension in June 2023 Verdict: PARTLY FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Kenyan politician, Aisha Jumwa has announced loan offers available to Kenyans. Verdict: SCAM Source: Africa Check […]
13th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
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 […]
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 […]
