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 ...

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 ...

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

IN SHORT: Some Facebook users have posted a video they claim shows a Ugandan fighter jet conducting drills due to the possibility of war with Kenya. However, the video is old. The video, posted by ...

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

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

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

After decades in which diphtheria in Algeria had nearly disappeared, its return has prompted unfounded allegations. We took a look.

According to the country’s tourism ministry, there were a record 2,4 million international visitors to Kenya in 2024.

JKIA AIRPORT ON FIRE,” reads the caption to a video posted on TikTok around 24 November 2025.It shows a broad line of flames sweeping through what ...

IN SHORT: A video posted on social media appears to show a man in a Tanzanian police uniform setting fire to a large campaign poster of the country’s president, Samia Suluhu Hassan. But analysis shows ...

President William Ruto used his third state of the nation address to claim major progress in his first term. We dug into the numbers to see if his facts held up. Ruto was accurate about inflation ...