Africa Check2d
Has the Vaal River water recently tested positive for Cholera?
Neither Johannesburg Water nor the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has released any information about a recent cholera outbreak. In April 2024, Johannesburg Water addressed an old video ...
Africa Check2d
How do adult literacy rates across Africa compare?
The African countries with the highest literacy rates include Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea, and South Africa. Seychelles has a nearly universal literacy rate (96%), while Equatorial Guinea (94%) and ...
Africa Check2d
Indian billionaire Adani is eyeing Kenya’s main airport, and the govt is backing the deal. But are the official talking points factual?
Gautam Adani wants to use his conglomerate to take over Kenya's main airport. We fact-check the Kenyan government's ...
Africa Check3d
No, common goosegrass cannot reverse kidney failure
IN SHORT: According to social media posts, a common type of grass can reverse kidney failure “within three months”. But this is false and dangerous information. Kidney failure requires medically ...
Africa Check4d
No, staff at leading Kenyan media organisation not infected with mpox – ignore false online claims
IN SHORT: False stories about the spread of mpox have flooded Kenyan social media. A memo and graphic claiming that staff at the Nation Media Group have been infected is one of them. What appears to ...
Africa Check4d
Fake Daily Nation front page falsely claims Kenyan teachers’ employer bribed union to end strike
IN SHORT: What looked like the front page of the Daily Nation circulated on Facebook in Kenya in September 2024, claiming that the Teachers Service Commission had bribed leaders of the Kenya Union of ...
Africa Check4d
Don’t get scammed - Kenyan asset finance company M-Kopa does not run the Facebook page ‘M-kopa Tuk Tuk and Motorbikes on Loan’
The Facebook page M-kopa Tuk Tuk and Motorbikes on Loan is offering motorbikes and tuk-tuks on credit to Kenyans. Tuk-tuks are three-wheeled taxis popular in East Africa. To make it look legit, the ...
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LGBTQ+ group warns of fake letter claiming Kenyan lawyer and activist Morara Kebaso is its member
IN SHORT: A letter is circulating on social media claiming that well-known Kenyan lawyer Morara Kebaso is an active member of a prominent Kenyan gay rights group. But GALCK+ says this is untrue and a ...
Africa Check4d
No, viral photo does not show Kenya's Nithi bridge black spot, but one in China
A photo circulating on social media shows a high bridge supported by tall, narrow pillars in a green mountainous landscape. Posts claim the photo shows an infamous black spot in Kenya’s Tharaka Nithi ...
Africa Check4d
Beware of scam ad for jobs at Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organisation
IN SHORT: A widely shared job advert claiming to be from Uganda’s leading agricultural research organisation is a scam. The government agency confirmed the ad was fake. A job advertisement making the ...
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Fake news, says Uganda's New Vision newspaper over school coupling nod claim
IN SHORT: A Facebook post falsely claims that the Ugandan government has agreed to allow pupils to form romantic relationships. But the evidence presented as proof was manipulated. “Govt allows ...
Africa Check4d
Disregard fake ‘Star’ graphic listing high-profile anti-corruption cases in Kenya
IN SHORT: A graphic that appears to be from the Star newspaper, showing a list of anti-corruption cases scheduled for trial in September 2024, continues to circulate on Facebook. But the publication ...