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: 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 ...

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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: 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 ...

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: 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 Facebook post claiming to offer free hajj sponsorship to 750,000 Muslims is fake. It leads to a fraudulent website that asks for personal details, and there is no official announcement ...

IN SHORT: A viral TikTok video claims that a bus belonging to Butere Girls high school was set on fire, following controversy in Kenya about a play put on by the school. But the video uses old footage ...

EN BREF - Il s'agit en réalité d'un arrêté interministériel du gouvernement togolais. Au Sénégal, les services du ministère des transport n'ont jamais publié cette grille de contravention pour les ...

IN SHORT: Several social media posts allege that Nigerian politician Rabiu Kwankwaso has ditched his party and met with president Bola Tinubu to discuss his move to the ruling All Progressives ...