Africa Check3d
‘Navigating rapid change’: verifying South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2025 state of the nation address
The annual address was set against a backdrop of choppy regional and global waters. How did Ramaphosa fare with his facts?
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No, 100% of South Africa’s HIV/Aids funding does not come from the United States – mostly funded by the South African government
IN SHORT: A since-deleted tweet by a South African podcaster has popularised the false claim that all antiretroviral medications administered in South Africa were paid for by US aid. In fact, US aid ...
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Kenyans beware, viral fake job ad exploits KCB Foundation’s philanthropic work and UN training agency’s name
IN SHORT: A job advert circulating online claims that the KCB Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of KCB Group, and the United Nations agency Unitar are recruiting across Kenya.
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Nigerians, if you forget your national identification number, you can get it back without outside help
IN SHORT: Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission says you can retrieve your national identification number using your registered phone line. Don’t share the number with unauthorised people, ...
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Non, la CEDEAO n’a pas instauré de visa pour les ressortissants des pays de l’AES
EN BREF - Contrairement à certaines rumeurs, la Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) a indiqué que les citoyens de L’Alliance des États du Sahel (AES) conservent leur droit ...
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Attention, ces images du catcheur américain John Cena tenant le Coran ont été générées par une intelligence artificielle
Sur Facebook, la page Mali Médias a publié, le 7 janvier 2025, deux images montrant le catcheur et acteur américain John Cena, debout sur un ring de la WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), le Coran ...
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Ghana : ces images ne montrent pas toutes l’incendie survenu dans un marché d'Accra en janvier 2025
EN BREF - Une de ces images montre plutôt l’incendie d’un marché au Bangladesh en 2023. Les trois autres sont authentiques. Selon le service national des incendies du Ghana (GNFS), un problème ...
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Nigeria’s employment agency denies asking jobseekers to register
Nigeria’s National Directorate of Employment (NDE) is a federal government organisation that tackles unemployment. Its mandate is to maintain a database of jobs in the country. It also acts as a ...
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Nigerians, beware of Facebook pages posing as United Bank for Africa and offering non-existent loans
IN SHORT: Nigerians be warned, these Facebook pages claim to offer quick loans, but they’re out to scam you. They use United Bank for Africa’s name to get your banking details, including your bank ...
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Photo of kidnappers’ hideaway discovered in Nigeria is from 2021, not 2025
IN SHORT: A photo has been posted on social media claiming to show human body parts found in Nigeria’s Anambra state in January 2025. But the photo has been online since December 2021. Warning: This ...
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Maina Njenga, former leader of the outlawed Kenyan group, was not attacked by angry crowd in 2025. Ignore old, unrelated photo
IN SHORT: A photo of the injured former leader of an outlawed Kenyan group is circulating on Facebook. Users who posted it claim that he has been attacked for not fully paying young people who ...