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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, ...

A screenshot circulating on Facebook shows a column from Kenya’s Star newspaper. It suggests that former president Uhuru ...

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

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

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

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

IN SHORT: According to online claims, the Mount Kenya milk brand was found to contain harmful chemicals in tests by the Kenya Bureau of Standards. The posts use a fabricated graphic and the bureau has ...

IN SHORT: A fatal attack on Hausa people in Edo state, Nigeria has triggered a wave of rumours of retaliatory attacks against local Igbos. But the photos used as evidence of these retaliations are old ...

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