Captain Ibrahim Traoré became Burkina Faso’s leader in September 2022 after leading a coup that ousted interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.

A document posted on Facebook claims the South Sudanese government has expelled the US ambassador and ordered the closure of ...

A TikTok video shows the main entrance to Uganda’s parliament building, with the national anthem playing in the background. ...

Entries for the 2025 African Fact-Checking Awards are now open to journalists, journalism students and professional ...

A video shared on Kenyan social media in April 2025, where it has drawn tens of thousands of views, claims that former deputy ...

Cancer is not trying to kill you. Cancer is trying to save your life,” a man claims in a reel circulating on Facebook. He ...

A claim is circulating on Facebook, saying that Namibia's new president has ordered the deportation of more than 500 US ...

On 22 April 2025, Kenyan president William Ruto began a five-day state visit to China, shortly after finance minister John ...

Stop wearing these smartwatches,” says a man in a video shared on Instagram and Facebook. “I’ve warned you about electromagnetic frequencies, radio ...

The Global Corruption Barometer Africa survey has detailed public opinion data on citizens’ views on corruption and direct experiences of bribery in Africa. A 2022 Afrobarometer survey found that 73% ...

IN SHORT: Just days after Kenyan legislator Charles Ong'ondo Were was killed by gunmen in the capital, Nairobi, two graphics claiming that he was involved in “devil worship” and “secretive spiritual ...

IN SHORT: After a shoe was hurled at Kenyan president William Ruto during a rally on 4 May 2025, social media users started posting photos they claimed were of the man responsible. But a reverse image ...