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South Africans beware, mining company Sibanye-Stillwater not offering learnerships or training via dodgy link
A message sent to Africa Check by subscribers to our WhatsApp lines claims that a company called “Sibanye Water” is offering ...
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No, Kenya’s ODM party leader Raila Odinga didn’t release statement condemning police brutality
A document circulating on Facebook appears to be a statement from Kenya’s former prime minister and Orange Democratic ...
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Ignore fake press release claiming Rwanda’s president is critically ill in Europe
A post circulating on Facebook claims that Rwandan president Paul Kagame is critically ill in an intensive care unit (ICU) in ...
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No evidence that embattled Kenyan top cop Eliud Lagat’s son killed a person, as widely claimed online
A TikTok video shows a photo of Kenya’s deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Eliud Lagat, who stepped aside from his ...
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PRESS RELEASE: 2025 Africa Facts Summit to take place in Senegal
The fourth edition of the Africa Facts summit, scheduled for 1-2 October 2025 in Dakar, Senegal, will bring together ...
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No, Nigeria’s former army chief Buratai didn’t ‘narrowly escape’ attack in June 2025
A post on Facebook claims that Tukur Buratai, Nigeria’s former chief of army staff, escaped an attack by Boko Haram in early ...
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WHO not under pressure to ‘blacklist’ Diageo over ‘alcohol deaths’ in Kenya, as fake news graphic claims
A graphic posted on the social media platform X on 19 June 2025 is designed to look like a breaking-news alert from the Star, ...
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Ignore cheapfake video of US president Trump accusing Kenyan leader Ruto of ‘stealing and killing Kenyans’
A video posted on TikTok shows US president Donald Trump apparently saying: “President Ruto is stealing and killing Kenyans.
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HIV/Aids breakthrough not a ‘cure’, popular social media posts misrepresent the facts
Users on Facebook, Instagram and X have shared the same “BREAKING NEWS” message, claiming that “A CURE FOR HIV/AIDS HAS JUST ...
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Disregard fake ‘K24’ graphic that claims popular Kenyan YouTuber Lynn Ngugi linked arrested activist to ‘Estonian hackers’
On 30 May, Rose Njeri, a Kenyan software developer, was arrested for building a tool that lets Kenyans email members of parliament to voice their opposition to the proposed 2025/26 finance bill. She ...
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Do white farmers produce most of our key crops? Unpacking viral claims about South African agriculture
While formal surveys show that white South African farmers produce the majority of key crops, this discounts much of the output of black farmers, which is often not reflected. Production by black ...