The annual address was set against a backdrop of choppy regional and global waters. How did Ramaphosa fare with his facts?

IN SHORT: US president Donald Trump has signed many executive orders since his inauguration. But there is no truth to the online claim that he ordered the sale of African leaders’ property and the ...

IN SHORT: A job advert circulating online claims that the KCB Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of KCB Group, and the United Nations agency Unitar are recruiting across Kenya.

IN SHORT: A since-deleted tweet by a South African podcaster has popularised the false claim that all antiretroviral medications administered in South Africa were paid for by US aid. In fact, US aid ...

IN SHORT: Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission says you can retrieve your national identification number using your registered phone line. Don’t share the number with unauthorised people, ...

IN SHORT: A photo of the injured former leader of an outlawed Kenyan group is circulating on Facebook. Users who posted it claim that he has been attacked for not fully paying young people who ...

IN SHORT: The state's education board has warned that an old and invalid link is being used to attract and possibly scam applicants. The Edo State universal basic education board (Edo SUBEB) is ...

IN SHORT: A photo has been posted on social media claiming to show human body parts found in Nigeria’s Anambra state in January 2025. But the photo has been online since December 2021. Warning: This ...

IN SHORT: Nigerians be warned, these Facebook pages claim to offer quick loans, but they’re out to scam you. They use United Bank for Africa’s name to get your banking details, including your bank ...

EN BREF - Contrairement à certaines rumeurs, la Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) a indiqué que les citoyens de L’Alliance des États du Sahel (AES) conservent leur droit ...

EN BREF - Une de ces images montre plutôt l’incendie d’un marché au Bangladesh en 2023. Les trois autres sont authentiques. Selon le service national des incendies du Ghana (GNFS), un problème ...