The website is a phishing scam and asks applicants to circulate the link. This website submitted for fact-checking via PesaCheck’s WhatsApp Tipline and shared on Facebook purporting to share student bursaries from the Nigerian government in 2023 is a HOAX. According to the post, applications are open for all students aged 12–45, and enrollment is free. To start the application, a […]
At least 19 million children in Sudan are out of school due to the raging war that has continued for the last six months according to Save the Children. It says in essence 1 in every 3 children in the country or some 6.5 million lost access to school due to increased violence and insecurity […]
The video is of an earthquake in Japan on 11 March 2011. This Facebook post with a video, purportedly of a magnitude 11.9 earthquake in California, United States, in 2023, is FALSE. The footage on the post is dated “24/08/23”. The California state flag is on the top left-corner of the video. A section of the video has the […]
Over 250 children drawn from different African countries converged for a two-day Children Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. The Summit which, commenced on 2nd September, is a dialogue session with the policymakers on climate change and how it affects children and the way forward to formulating strategies that protect children against climate shocks. The summit […]
The video is from Botswana This TikTok video purportedly showing a fire accident in Kenya is False. The video published on 26 June 2023 claimed that 49 cars were involved in the inferno. The clip depicts a man overwhelmed with emotions, he kneels, and later lies on the ground after witnessing the cars going up […]
The video is from 2022 and shows members of the NYSC corps training in Benue, Nigeria, to protect themselves against bandits. This post on X (formerly Twitter) with a video purportedly of the Nigerien army preparing to “deal with coup plotters” is FALSE. The post reads: “A strange picture of the training of the Niger army to […]
At least 35,000 learners in 524 Early Childhood Development Education institutions in Kiambu County will now enjoy a bowl of porridge and an egg daily after Governor Kimani Wamatangi launched a feeding program last week. The program aims to improve school enrollment and retention of pupils who might be missing school due to a lack of […]
Aggressive sniffing sounds were added to this video. This Video that was shared on TikTok and Twitter on 9th July 2023 supposedly of President Joe Biden aggressively sniffing a child has been ALTERED. “Breaking News: Joe Biden was caught aggressively sniffing a child. He didn’t know he was on camera. If this was your child […]
Safe Online is set to invest $4 million for generating crucial data and evidence to tackle online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA). This initial investment will be followed by an additional $1.5 million for evaluations of the projects in the next quarter. This project intends to inform solutions for the tech industry and policies […]
At least 20 people have been arrested by Ugandan police in connection with the massacre that left 42 students dead. The victims were killed in a suspected rebel attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), Ugandan militants with Islamic State group ties, where they were burned, shot, or hacked to death students in Lhubiriha Secondary […]