As the country debates THAT White House meeting, we took a closer look at some of the claims traded in the Oval Office.

Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traoré, came to power in September 2022 following a military coup that ousted interim ...

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 misinformation, but has made new claims about cancer, vaccines and the Pope’s death. We investigated. The pastor advised ...

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IN SHORT: Facebook pages claim that drinking a mixture of these three ingredients can lower blood sugar. But it’s best to see a doctor as high blood sugar can have serious consequences and requires ...

IN SHORT: A Facebook account using the name and photo of Kenya’s deputy president, Kithure Kindiki, offers loans to Kenyans. However, it is run by an imposter and the loans don’t exist. It uses the ...

IN SHORT: A viral image allegedly showing a cracked expressway pillar on a major road in the Kenyan capital is circulating on Facebook. But it is neither recent nor real. We traced it back to an ...

IN SHORT: Just days after Kenyan legislator Charles Ong’ondo Were was murdered, a graphic has surfaced online claiming he was romantically involved with governor Gladys Wanga. However, it is ...

IN SHORT: A video circulating on Facebook claims that red jatropha leaves can cure HIV, instructing people to drink jatropha tea for six months. But this is false; there is no cure for HIV. A video ...

IN SHORT: TikTok videos claim Burkina Faso’s leader is dead, but all evidence shows Ibrahim Traoré is alive and still popular among pan-Africanists. Damiba had himself overthrown president Roch Kaboré ...

IN SHORT: A newspaper column circulating online in Kenya claims politician Fred Matiang’i is a mole in the opposition. It appears to be from the Star newspaper, but there is no evidence that the ...