Users on Facebook, Instagram and X have shared the same “BREAKING NEWS” message, claiming that “A CURE FOR HIV/AIDS HAS JUST ...

It wasn’t in the first version of his tweet, but at some point Jooste tacked on the claim that black farmers owned “approximately 50% of all the land area”.. This statistic veers far from all reliable ...

The people of Anambra state in south-eastern Nigeria are set to elect a new governor on 8 November 2025.Election campaigning ...

IN SHORT: In this viral video, US president Donald Trump says Africa’s mineral resources “belong to us” and Burkina Faso’s leader Ibrahim Traoré is a traitor. But the clip is fake. According to a ...

Pope Leo XIV has appealed to the Nigerian government to release Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu for the sake of peace in Nigeria and Africa. That’s according to a message posted as breaking news ...

In 2023, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the country's trade union umbrella body, called for a wage increase to offset the impact of the removal of fuel subsidies.. In response, the government gave ...

A graphic attributing a quote to Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame is circulating social media in Kenya. In the graphic Kagame hints that foreign funding is responsible for activism in three East African ...

A post circulating on Facebook since early May 2025 claims that mango seeds can cure fibroids.. The post includes instructions on how to prepare the remedy: “Take a mango seed, dry it, remove the ...

Several social media users have posted a video, claiming it shows the newly elected Pope Leo XIV warmly embracing and kissing white cardinals but only shaking hands with a black cardinal.. The video ...

“EACC raids Nairobi Traffic Commandant Joseph Chirchir and discovers Sh25 million in cash,” reads a graphic making the rounds on Facebook. (KSh25 million is about US$190,000.) The graphic, dated 3 ...

In October 2023, the Nigerian government launched a conditional cash transfer policy targeting 15 million households following the verification of potential beneficiaries.. Its purpose is to provide ...