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IN SHORT: Two viral TikTok videos falsely claim that former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has died. But both use doctored news footage and recycled audio to mislead viewers. A TikTok video, posted ...

IN SHORT: Videos of disgraced naturopath Barbara O’Neill saying pap smears damage the cervix, with potential to cause abnormal cell growth, are doing the rounds online. But this is false. While they ...

IN SHORT: An online image resembling the front page of Kenya’s Standard newspaper, claims that opposition politician Kalonzo Musyoka has been offered KSh4 billion to drop his presidential bid. However ...

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 ...