Various sources, including the agency’s representatives, have claimed R18 billion has been paid out to non-citizens.

Does Sierra Leone really have a deal to switch power between its two main parties every decade? We looked into this claim.

IN SHORT: A graphic circulating on social media appears to be from Star Digital, showing an “Odinga succession” timeline which ends with Winnie Odinga being appointed cabinet secretary for energy and ...

The Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) is the national end-of-junior secondary exam for grade 9 learners under ...

Five presidential candidates, but not long-serving leader Yoweri Museveni, took the stage ahead of Uganda’s 15 January 2026 ...

Tanzania is grappling with the fallout from the October 2025 elections, in which incumbent president Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the winner with nearly 98% of the vote. The result sparked ...

Don’t be misled – viral photo of injured man shows violence during Kenyan by-election, not attack on Catholic radio station in Zambia ...

Africa Check is a non-profit organisation set up in 2012 to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. Africa needed an organisation dedicated to holding public figures accountable for ...

Info Finder is a carefully selected collection of facts and sources on key topics. The English version of the tool covers Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana and Zimbabwe.

Africa Check exists to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. On a continent of 55 countries, tens of thousands of media houses, hundreds of thousands of competing organisations ...

South Africa has one of the world’s highest femicide rates. The UNODC recorded the global female homicide rate at roughly 2.2 per 100,000 in 2021. In 2022, South Africa's femicide rate was 12.2 per ...