Fact-checks
Africa’s Information Defenders Unite: Reflections from the 2025 Africa Facts Summit in Senegal

When fact-checkers, journalists, and truth advocates from across the continent gathered in Dakar, Senegal, for…
AI and Uganda’s Elections: The Next Battle for Truth

When Ugandans go to the polls next year (2026), the stories that shape public opinion…
MISLEADING: Uganda Has Not Experienced Massive Floods As Depicted In A Viral TikTok video

A viral TikTok video circulating on the internet with over 20.8k likes and 25.7k views…
Misleading: The Ugandan Supreme Court Has Not Ruled That Women Can Now Legally Marry Two Husbands

A TikTok video making the rounds on social media claiming that Uganda’s Supreme Court has…
False: There is no Zombie apocalypse in China in 2025.

Claim A viral TikTok video circulating under the handle “Global News by Yosef Eisenhart” (@yosef.eisenhart)…
Misleading: The Images And Videos In The Viral Video Are Not Linked To The Murder Of An 8-Year-Old Girl, Demeria Hollingsworth, In Humboldt.

Claim A video circulating on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook alleges that a 12-year-old girl…