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Kenyan president William Ruto says he has ‘a story to tell’. Do the facts agree?

President William Ruto used his third state of the nation address to claim major progress in his first term. We dug into the ...
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Africa Check fellows graduate, bullish about future of fact-checking and media literacy in Africa in AI age

Fellows from Algeria, Lesotho, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda wrapped up a two-week programme aimed at boosting information ...
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Yes, mayoral candidate Helen Zille was correct about infrastructure spending in South Africa’s metros

Africa Check corrected its verdict that she was wrong to claim that Johannesburg spends less on maintenance than any other ...
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Ignore social media posts claiming Tanzanian activist Tundu Lissu was acquitted of treason charges

IN SHORT: A few days before the 2025 general election in Tanzania, social media was awash with posts claiming that Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu won his treason case and was released from ...