Nigeria’s former president Muhammadu Buhari died in a London hospital on Sunday 13 July 2025. The news of his death ...

A message sent to Africa Check by subscribers to our WhatsApp lines claims that a company called “Sibanye Water” is offering ...

IN SHORT: This Facebook account advertises various products and encourages users to pay in instalments. However, its offers are scams and should be disregarded. The Facebook account Mogo Boda Boda ...

Old news We conducted a Google reverse image search of keyframes from the video. The results showed that the video first appeared online in 2023. An internet search for “Alaba market demolished” ...

IN SHORT: A video circulating on Facebook appears to show South African epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim stoking fear about Covid vaccines in a TV news interview. But the video is a deepfake, and the ...

IN SHORT: A video that appears to show Kenya’s cabinet secretary for interior, Kipchumba Murkomen, allegedly confessing that he is “drunk with power” and “untouchable” is going viral on social media.

IN SHORT: A post going viral on social media in Kenya appears to show a statement from the National Police Service alleging that immigrants were involved in violent street protests. However, the ...

IN SHORT: Two front pages resembling the design of Kenya’s Standard newspaper accuse former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua of paying young people to incite chaos during protests. However, both ...

IN SHORT: Beware of Facebook pages with offers that seem too good to be true. These attractive offers targeting Kenyans hoping to own motorbikes are nothing but scams. Kenyans looking to own ...

A short video began circulating widely on TikTok, Facebook, on X and on YouTube in East Africa from 24 June 2025. In it, a man who looks and sounds like Kenyan lawyer and public speaker Prof PLO ...

IN SHORT: A viral image, mimicking the weekend edition of Uganda’s New Vision newspaper, calls president Yoweri Museveni the “worst dictator”. But the front page is fake and should be ignored.

IN SHORT: The Trump administration is considering adding 36 countries, including Nigeria, to the US travel ban list. But the US president hasn’t labelled the West African country a threat to global ...