IN SHORT: TikTok videos claim Burkina Faso’s leader is dead, but all evidence shows Ibrahim Traoré is alive and still popular among pan-Africanists. Damiba had himself overthrown president Roch Kaboré ...

IN SHORT: The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra is facing several charges bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony. But the claim that the country’s top judge has acquitted him of all ...

IN SHORT: Some Facebook posts claim these are the names of candidates shortlisted by Nigeria’s Federal Civil Service Commission for unspecified jobs. But the agency says the list is fake. Some social ...

IN SHORT: Just days after Kenyan legislator Charles Ong’ondo Were was murdered, a graphic has surfaced online claiming he was romantically involved with governor Gladys Wanga. However, it is ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts claim that six police officers were arrested in Imo state for assaulting civilians with machetes. But the images attached to the posts are from 2023, not April 2025.

IN SHORT: A message circulating on Facebook claims that Nigeria has launched a missile strike on Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, targeting the country’s military head of state, Ibrahim Traoré.

IN SHORT: A video is circulating online in Nigeria, showing politician Omoyele Sowore meeting with presidential adviser Nuhu Ribadu. Users suggest it shows Sowore’s defection to the ruling All ...

IN SHORT: Just days after Kenyan legislator Charles Ong'ondo Were was killed by gunmen in the capital, Nairobi, two graphics claiming that he was involved in “devil worship” and “secretive spiritual ...

IN SHORT: A video circulating on Facebook claims that red jatropha leaves can cure HIV, instructing people to drink jatropha tea for six months. But this is false; there is no cure for HIV. A video ...

IN SHORT: A video circulating on TikTok in April 2025 claims that 16 girls were recently rescued from Nigerian human trafficking kingpins in Kempton Park, South Africa. But this is misleading – the ...

IN SHORT: A number of Facebook posts claim that Vivo Energy Kenya is recruiting for several positions. The company has denied this and warned job seekers to use its official careers page and avoid ...

IN SHORT: After a shoe was hurled at Kenyan president William Ruto during a rally on 4 May 2025, social media users started posting photos they claimed were of the man responsible. But a reverse image ...