Elections are typically magnets for disinformation. Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga is in the running to become the ...

There are fears online that the world could be facing another pandemic in 2025.  Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a ...

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The many related technologies known as artificial intelligence, or AI, may have felt inescapable in 2024. Countless news ...

IN SHORT: While Nigerians grapple with the rising cost of living and reported bad governance, a claim has spread on social media that an investigative journalism group has named Nigeria’s president ...

Nine years ago, we wrote to you about the real-world harms caused by false information on Facebook. In response, Meta created a fact-checking program that helped protect millions of users from hoaxes ...

IN SHORT: As kidnapping cases in Kenya continue to raise concern, a graphic quoting former national police spokesperson Resila Onyango blaming the abductions on an organ-harvesting syndicate is ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts advertise a herbal mixture, with the promise that it cures all forms of ulcers. But a gastroenterologist advises patients to see their doctors instead. A mixture is ...

Five days after youth-led protestors stormed Kenya's parliament building in June 2024, beleaguered Kenyan president William Ruto summoned three top journalists to his State House residence in Nairobi ...

IN SHORT: A claim on Facebook that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will stop automatic Sacco deductions from teachers' salaries by February 2025 is false. Automatic deductions remain in place.

IN SHORT: In the supposed interview, former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta said he was left disabled by ineffective treatment by doctors, but was cured by a product made by Dr Maxwell Okoth. However, ...