The annual address was set against a backdrop of choppy regional and global waters. How did Ramaphosa fare with his facts?

We verified several claims made by the former Nigerian aviation minister and prominent politician in a TV interview.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided a New York house belonging to former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and ...

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South Africa’s president signed the Basic Education Laws Amendment bill into law, despite fierce opposition from critics.

Over a dozen Facebook posts circulating in Nigeria claim that US president Donald Trump has imposed a ban that will prevent ...

Since retaking office in, US president Donald Trump has signed several executive orders. In this context, messages circulating on Facebook in ...

IN SHORT: A video showing Seyi Tinubu, son of the Nigerian president, inspecting a military guard of honour is doing the rounds on social media. But the Nigerian armed forces has said the soldiers ...

Africa Check, the continent’s pioneering fact-checking organisation, has been debunking falsehoods and promoting information credibility since 2012. We have four offices across the continent: in ...

IN SHORT: New Zimbabwean legislation raised the retirement age for some civil servants in 2025. This doesn’t apply in South Africa, as some social media posts suggest. It is a photo of a genuine ...