South Africa is the world’s most dangerous country to drive in, according to a ranking that has been widely reported.

A claim has gone viral on Facebook, saying that the former minority leader at the Nigerian senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, led a ...

A political crisis triggered by a feud between the governor of Rivers state, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor, Nyesom ...

A graphic circulating on Facebook claims to have the reasons why the member of parliament for Kenya’s Mwala constituency, ...

Kenyan president William Ruto has been forced to cancel events in the Mount Kenya region after its leaders fought over money ...

Former Kenyan deputy president Rigathi Gachagua was the architect of his own downfall. That's according to the headline of ...

Ackermans is Looking for New Staff 01 April 2025,” starts a Facebook post, shared over 4,000 times on the platform. According ...

IN SHORT: Several social media posts claim that the Democratic Republic of the Congo has publicly executed hundreds of prisoners on death row. But there is no credible evidence of this, with most of ...

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IN SHORT: Several social media posts claim users will receive photos of the earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand as files called “seismic waves cards” and that these files will “hack your phone in 10 ...

IN SHORT: The Nigerian government, politicians and religious groups have condemned the killing of 16 Hausa hunters in Edo state. But we found no evidence to support claims that a group of Hausas ...

IN SHORT: An upsetting image of an injured child has circulated with different backstories and origins across East Africa, sparking outrage in several countries. Scammers have also exploited the photo ...