Nigeria's new education minister makes several claims and statistics about education in the country. We checked their accuracy.

URGENT: Go to your medicine cabinet and find your multivitamin or other supplements that you are currently taking,” begins a ...

The declaration highlighted politically sensitive environments and public distrust of the media are of concern for African ...

Emmanuel Uduaghan's former commissioner for information made an eye-catching claim about Uduaghan's health achievements.

Kenyan president William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga have settled on lawmaker Junet Mohammed as cabinet secretary ...

Multiple posts on Facebook claim that the sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar died on 29.  “Breaking News: Sultan ...

WhatsApp messages in Nigeria claiming that the governor was planning to raise fees in state-owned institutions after the ...

IN SHORT: An image which appears to show a large Israeli flag planted on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa is circulating on social media. But it is likely manipulated or generated using ...

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On 17, Kenya’s senate voted to impeach deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, upholding the national assembly’s decision to oust ...

IN SHORT: Several video clips of Fikile Mbalula, the secretary general of South Africa’s largest political party, criticising party president Cyril Ramaphosa are deceptively edited. Mbalula was ...