Dans une vidéo (ci-dessous) d’une minute et quarante-sept secondes (1min. 47 sec.) partagée sur WhatsApp, on voit partiellement une personne tenir une cuillère à soupe remplie d’un liquide qui s’apparente à de l’huile rouge. …

Viral misinfo leaves Africa’s most vulnerable communities at risk The Makoko community in Nigeria is one of the most disadvantaged in the country. Located on the edge of the Lagos lagoon, it is made up of informal settlements with no access to basic amenities such as clean water and sanitation…

Positions in: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, or anywhere else in Africa Do you want to help make digital technologies easier to use for activists across Africa? Code for Africa (CfA) has an immediate vacancy for a UI/UX designer to join our Knowledge team, to help create digital democracy tools for…

Position in: Africa Do you want to help expose the puppet-masters behind disinformation networks, and expose transnational organised criminals? Code for Africa (CfA) has an immediate vacancy for a full-time Deputy Investigative Manager to join our pan-African forensic investigation team at the iLAB. The successful candidate will support iLAB’s Investigations…

Over 80 fact-checking organisations plead for a change in YouTube’s toxic content — PesaCheck, and its parent organisation, Code for Africa (CfA), have joined with over 80 other International Fact-Checking Network members from over 60 countries to write to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki urging her to take decisive steps to combat the spread of misinformation on the platform. In the letter, which is…

Does South Sudan have 40 million herds of cattle? No. 211 Check investigations have discovered that South Sudan doesn’t have forty billion herds of cattle as stated by the youth minister. Speaking at an event to mark the International Youth Day at the Scenius Hub in Juba on Thursday, the…

211 Check investigative findings have revealed that a prominent Uganda news outlet ran a misleading story, claiming the Monday attack along South Sudan’s major highway left two Ugandan reverends sisters killed. According to a story published by renowned Daily Monitor on Tuesday, August 17, which was also published by Ugandan…

Bralirwa Plc has warned the public not to participate in a survey circulating on social media promising awards include 1,000,000 Rwfrs to allegedly celebrate its 65th anniversary. Verification In a post on Twitter, Bralirwa shared the following warning: “This is to inform the general public that Bralirwa Plc is not currently…

Claim A viral WhatsApp message claims salt could work as a snake repellant and fire extinguisher. Verdict Dubawa’s research reveals that salt is not a proven repellent for snakes, because it has no chemical content that affects snakes in any form. …