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IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts are promoting “Procanxa” pills with claims they cure prostate cancer. However, a medical expert says this product should not be trusted. Prostate cancer affects the ...

IN SHORT: Job adverts claiming to be from Kenya Railways are making the rounds on Facebook. However, the transporter has said they are not authentic. Two job adverts circulating on Facebook claim that ...

IN SHORT: Many prominent people were invited to US president Donald Trump’s inauguration on 20 January 2025. However, we found no evidence to support online claims that Nigerian politician Peter Obi ...

IN SHORT: A video claims Trump said he would expel all Ghanaians, including green card holders, from the US, and that he would have former Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo arrested. But the video is ...

IN SHORT: Social media users in Nigeria have posted a video allegedly showing the arrest and deportation of Africans, in particular Nigerians, from the US. But the video is made up of old and faked ...

IN SHORT: The TikTok videos claim that the US military has arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to “rescue” Marcel Malanga and his associates after they were involved in an attempted coup.

IN SHORT: A graphic appearing to quote former Kenyan deputy president Rigathi Gachagua calling the Luhya community “fools” is getting significant attention on social media. But we found no evidence he ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts claim that 3,690 Nigerians face deportation from the US. According to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s non-detained list of foreign nationals, this claim ...