Nigeria has updated how it measures its economy as part of ongoing reforms. This factsheet breaks down the key changes and ...

On TV, president Bola Tinubu’s economic adviser made eye-catching claims about topics from oil to poverty. But his numbers ...

In April 2025, messaging platform WhatsApp introduced a new feature called “advanced chat privacy”. We break down the facts.

After public bust-ups with allies and risky deals with rivals, Ruto’s listing cabinet looks to have steadied. We take a ...

IN SHORT: Claims that a company called PesaTube is paying social media users to watch videos daily are false, and similar to a previous scam Africa Check debunked. According to a message sent to ...

IN SHORT: An image of a front page supposedly from Kenya’s Standard newspaper claims there has been peace in the country since former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua left for the US. However, the ...

A job advertisement posted on Facebook claims that the United States Agency for International Development (USAid), in partnership with other organisat ...

A TikTok video circulating widely claims that on his surprise resignation from government, Kenyan politician Moses Kuria accused president William Ruto and former prime minister Raila Odinga of being ...

IN SHORT: A claim that Nigeria’s former central bank governor Godwin Emefiele has returned N4 trillion (about US$2.6 billion) to the government is doing the rounds online. But Africa Check found no ...

The Nigerian senate has approved the creation of 12 new states across the country. That’s according to a message circulating on social media in Nigeria s ...

IN SHORT: A newspaper front page doing the rounds online has been doctored. The Standard did not report that Kenya’s ex-deputy president was in rehab in the US.

“Staged abduction,” reads the apparent front page of Kenya’s Standard newspaper, dated 3 July 2025, still circulating on Facebook. In the summary below the headline, the newspaper appears to offer an ...