On 31 March, in a media interview, Ruto said: “There are 200,000 Kenyans – 240,000 to be exact – ask Alice Wahome, working in ...

IN SHORT: Some social media users claim that former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has spoken highly of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the separatist group the Indigenous People of Biafra. But there’s ...

IN SHORT: A Kenyan high school has been in the national spotlight after the government lost a court battle to stop a play from being performed at the school. But no evidence supports alarming claims ...

IN SHORT: This video shows KTN journalist Ali Manzu seemingly reporting on a joint pain cure developed by Umra Omar, who also endorses the product. But the video is a deepfake, and no such product ...

Several TikTok videos contain sensational false claims, ranging from the alleged deaths or accidents of famous Kenyans to major political shifts in the country. One of the videos includes a dramatic ...

IN SHORT: There has been an influx of misinformation in Nigeria after a group of Hausa men were killed by a mob in March 2025. One such false rumour is that a rocket was fired at southeastern Nigeria ...

The Facebook page M-Gas Kenya is offering Kenyans cooking gas cylinders on credit. According to the page, users can get these cylinders by paying a deposit of KSh500 (about US$3.80) and a daily ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts claim this viral video shows the funerals of Ugandan soldiers killed in South Sudan. But they are wrong; the video shows the burial of 10 workers from the Kawambwa ...

IN SHORT: Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission has distanced itself from unauthorised agents printing national identification number (NIN) cards. Don’t fall for their promises; their aim ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts are claiming to advertise assistant positions at a large South African bank. But these scam posts follow a common pattern used by fraudsters to trick job seekers and ...

IN SHORT: Some Facebook users claim this viral video shows a fire at Nigeria’s Ibis Lagos airport hotel in April 2025. But the video is from 2023. A video of a building on fire has been doing the ...