In April 2025, messaging platform WhatsApp introduced a new feature called “advanced chat privacy”. We break down the facts.

Kenyan governor James Orengo has resigned. That’s according to posts doing the rounds on social media in Kenya. Orengo is the governor of Siaya county, located about 420 kilometres west of the capital ...

The FBI is set to arrest a Nigerian fraudster by name Ehiremen Aigbokhan who scammed Donald Trump of 250,000 dollars,” reads ...

A TikTok user has posted a video in which they claim that the Iranian president warned Nigeria against getting involved in ...

Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari died in a London hospital on 13 July 2025 and was given a state burial two days later. Buhari ...

Nigeria's contentious tax reforms are expected to come into effect at the start of 2026 and could change Nigeria’s tax system ...

Uganda hosted about 1.74 million refugees and asylum seekers. Most came from South Sudan (55%) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (29%).

Do white farmers produce most of our key crops? Unpacking viral claims about South African agriculture As white South Africans made headlines for entering the US as refugees, online claims about their ...

From table salt to the Vatican: Unpacking popular Nigerian pastor Chris Oyakhilome's new viral health claims Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 ...

‘Death, death, death’: setting the record straight on Trump’s South Africa farm murder spectacle As the country debates THAT White House meeting, we took a closer look at some of the claims traded in ...

Strong only on paper? Fact-checking Angie Motshekga’s claim about South Africa’s military might The defence minister claimed South Africa’s army ranks third in Africa, after Egypt and Algeria. Experts ...

Fact-checking healthcare influencer’s claims about Nigeria’s HIV stats A prominent doctor and influencer, Aproko Doctor, sought to show how US aid cuts would hurt Nigeria’s HIV/Aids fight. Were all ...