Africa Check
Established in 2012, our non-profit organization is dedicated to enhancing the accuracy of public discussions and media in Africa. Our mission is to improve the quality of information accessible to communities throughout the continent. Created by the media development branch of the international news agency AFP, we operate independently with offices located in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Senegal. Our team produces reports in both English and French, evaluating statements made by public figures, institutions, and the media against reliable evidence. Since our inception, we have fact-checked numerous claims on a wide range of issues, including crime and race relations in South Africa, demographic data in Nigeria, and misleading health remedies across various African nations.
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Articles
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1 week ago |
africacheck.org | Precious Ewuji
A fact-checker has rated your Facebook or Instagram post as “false”, “altered”, “partly false” or “missing context”. This could have serious consequences. What do you do? Click on our guide for the steps you should follow. Africa Check is a partner in Meta's third-party fact-checking programme to help stop the spread of false information on social media. The content we rate as “false” will be downgraded on Facebook and Instagram. This means fewer people will see it.
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2 weeks ago |
africacheck.org | Precious Ewuji
A fact-checker has rated your Facebook or Instagram post as “false”, “altered”, “partly false” or “missing context”. This could have serious consequences. What do you do? Click on our guide for the steps you should follow. Africa Check is a partner in Meta's third-party fact-checking programme to help stop the spread of false information on social media. The content we rate as “false” will be downgraded on Facebook and Instagram. This means fewer people will see it.
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3 weeks ago |
africacheck.org | Alphonce Shiundu
On 22 April 2025, Kenyan president William Ruto began a five-day state visit to China, shortly after finance minister John Mbadi had also visited. But this isn’t just routine diplomacy. It’s happening as China and Donald Trump’s US square off in a heated trade war, and Kenya finds itself caught in the middle. Back in May 2024, Ruto was on a historic state visit to Washington DC, where Kenya was named a “major non-NATO ally”, opening access to US military tech and security partnerships.
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3 weeks ago |
africacheck.org | Precious Ewuji
A fact-checker has rated your Facebook or Instagram post as “false”, “altered”, “partly false” or “missing context”. This could have serious consequences. What do you do? Click on our guide for the steps you should follow. Africa Check is a partner in Meta's third-party fact-checking programme to help stop the spread of false information on social media. The content we rate as “false” will be downgraded on Facebook and Instagram. This means fewer people will see it.
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1 month ago |
africacheck.org | Precious Ewuji
A fact-checker has rated your Facebook or Instagram post as “false”, “altered”, “partly false” or “missing context”. This could have serious consequences. What do you do? Click on our guide for the steps you should follow. Africa Check is a partner in Meta's third-party fact-checking programme to help stop the spread of false information on social media. The content we rate as “false” will be downgraded on Facebook and Instagram. This means fewer people will see it.
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