After public bust-ups with allies and risky deals with rivals, Ruto’s listing cabinet looks to have steadied. We take a ...

IN SHORT: An image of a front page supposedly from Kenya’s Standard newspaper claims there has been peace in the country since former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua left for the US. However, the ...

A TikTok video circulating widely claims that on his surprise resignation from government, Kenyan politician Moses Kuria accused president William Ruto and former prime minister Raila Odinga of being ...

A job advertisement posted on Facebook claims that the United States Agency for International Development (USAid), in partnership with other organisat ...

IN SHORT: A claim that Nigeria’s former central bank governor Godwin Emefiele has returned N4 trillion (about US$2.6 billion) to the government is doing the rounds online. But Africa Check found no ...

The Nigerian senate has approved the creation of 12 new states across the country. That’s according to a message circulating on social media in Nigeria s ...

“Staged abduction,” reads the apparent front page of Kenya’s Standard newspaper, dated 3 July 2025, still circulating on Facebook. In the summary below the headline, the newspaper appears to offer an ...

IN SHORT: A newspaper front page doing the rounds online has been doctored. The Standard did not report that Kenya’s ex-deputy president was in rehab in the US.

A video circulating on Facebook shows Kenyan president William Ruto apparently saying he will be at the forefront of changing presidential term limits.In t ...

A document circulating on Facebook claims the deadline for online registration for Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) first-year students is 8 August 2025. MMUST is a public ...