As Meta announces end to U.S. fact-checking, program partners warn of a setback for accuracy online and potential global ...

For example, in 2022, Africa Check debunked a claim about poisonous biscuits that supposedly caused the death of 45 people.

There are fears online that the world could be facing another pandemic in 2025.  Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a ...

The many related technologies known as artificial intelligence, or AI, may have felt inescapable in 2024. Countless news ...

The Kenyan president keeps lamenting that he has a disinformation problem. But the trouble isn’t the headlines – it’s the ...

The Meta programme is a partnership between the platform and independent third-party fact-checkers certified by the nonpartisan International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). These fact-checkers identify ...

IN SHORT: A fake “executive order” claimed Kenyan president William Ruto had relocated the country’s capital city from Nairobi to Nakuru. Such a move would be unmissable – it requires a change of law ...

The Africa Check team has been hard at work investigating hundreds of claims over the last 12 months. Here are our most-read fact-checks for 2024, with tips to help you sort fact from fiction this ...

IN SHORT: Many Kenyans struggling financially would be happy to access quick loans without stringent credit checks. But beware, this Facebook account with attractive loan offers and a quick ...

IN SHORT: The videos allege that president William Ruto has announced the death of former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chairperson Wafula Chebukati. This is false; the audio ...