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Did former governor Uduaghan ‘remarkably’ cut infant mortality in Nigeria’s Delta state by more than half, as glowing column claims?
Emmanuel Uduaghan's former commissioner for information made an eye-catching claim about Uduaghan's health achievements.
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Kenyan president Ruto and opposition leader Odinga didn’t pick MP Junet Mohammed to lead interior ministry
Kenyan president William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga have settled on lawmaker Junet Mohammed as cabinet secretary ...
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No, sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, not dead
Multiple posts on Facebook claim that the sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar died on 29.  “Breaking News: Sultan ...
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Exposing two fake ‘Nation’ graphics claiming Kenyan government intimidation of judges hearing deputy president impeachment case
On 17, Kenya’s senate voted to impeach deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, upholding the national assembly’s decision to oust ...
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Allies of Kenya’s national assembly speaker Wetang’ula did not warn government against removing him from office. Ignore fake graphic
Kenya’s speaker of national assembly Moses Wetang’ula’s allies have warned president William Ruto’s government against ...
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PRESS RELEASE: 50 fact-checking organisations in Africa sign pact on information integrity
The declaration highlighted politically sensitive environments and public distrust of the media are of concern for African fact-checkers.
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Are there any museums in Africa that are 200 years old?
The Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town was founded in 1825, making it almost 200 years old. Other old museums in Africa include the Egyptian Museum, first built in 1835, the Bardo National Museum ...
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What are the biggest sectors of Ghana’s economy?
A country’s economy is often looked at in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the total value of all goods and services it produces in a year.
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Folic acid is vital during pregnancy – ignore widely shared claims to throw nutrient “in the trash”
URGENT: Go to your medicine cabinet and find your multivitamin or other supplements that you are currently taking,” begins a message doing the rounds on X ...
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Beware, South Africans, videos of politician Fikile Mbalula have been taken out of context
IN SHORT: Several video clips of Fikile Mbalula, the secretary general of South Africa’s largest political party, criticising party president Cyril Ramaphosa are deceptively edited. Mbalula was ...
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No, Nigerian social media influencer Martins Otse was not fined N500 million for defaming prominent lawyer Femi Falana
IN SHORT: The claim that a high court in southwestern Nigeria has ordered Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, to pay a fine of N500 million (about US$304,000) for making a defamatory statement ...