Fact-checks

FAKE X(Twitter) Post attributed to Jim Spire Ssentongo

Claim A post by a user Ngabirano Grace on X, formerly known as twitter shared…

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)…