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Stop wearing these smartwatches,” says a man in a video shared on Instagram and Facebook. “I’ve warned you about ...

Entries for the 2025 African Fact-Checking Awards are now open to journalists, journalism students and professional ...

A document posted on Facebook claims the South Sudanese government has expelled the US ambassador and ordered the closure of ...

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 ...

A TikTok video shows the main entrance to Uganda’s parliament building, with the national anthem playing in the background. ...

Cancer is not trying to kill you. Cancer is trying to save your life,” a man claims in a reel circulating on Facebook. He ...

A claim is circulating on Facebook, saying that Namibia's new president has ordered the deportation of more than 500 US ...

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 ...

A video shared on Kenyan social media in April 2025, where it has drawn tens of thousands of views, claims that former deputy ...

“Nigeria launches first missile strike on Burkina Faso’s capital, targets president and military facilities,” reads the headline of a Facebook post labelled “breaking news”. The post reads: In a ...