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FALSE: This Video Is Not Of Russia’s Luna 25 Crashing Into The Moon
A post on X (formerly Twitter) with a video supposedly showing Russia’s Luna 25 crashing into the moon is FALSE. The post reads: “BREAKING: Russia’s...
PESACHECK2 Mins read
FAKE: This X Account Asking Stanbic Bank Customers For Personal Information Is An Imposter
This X account posting content as Stanbic Bank Uganda and asking customers for their National Identity Numbers (NINs) is FAKE. X is formerly Twitter. The picture on...
PESACHECK1 Mins read
Kenyan Journalist Lands Global Fact-Checking Job
A Kenyan journalist has joined an international fact-checking organisation to boost its accountability journalism. In this new development, Mr Enock Nyariki has been...
BT Correspondent2 Mins read
FALSE: This Is Not An Image Of Jonathan The Tortoise, The World’s Oldest Animal
This Facebook post claiming to show an image of Jonathan the tortoise, the oldest animal in the world, is FALSE. The image shows four...
PESACHECK2 Mins read
PARTLY FALSE: No Scientific Evidence That Jatropha Curcas And Cassava Can Cure HIV
A Facebook post claiming that a combination of leaves, roots, and bark of Jatropha curcas, cassava, and black seed can cure the Human Immunodeficiency...
PESACHECK4 Mins read
PesaCheck Appoints New Managing Editor
Fact-checking initiative PesaCheck has appointed former Hivisasa Content Manager Enock Nyariki as its new Managing Editor. Nyariki joined PesaCheck in March as an...
MARTIN SIELE1 Mins read
Two Kenyan journalists shortlisted for prestigious African fact-checking award
Two Kenyan data journalists will contest a field of 11 reporters from across the continent for the fifth annual African fact-checking award which...
Mike Njoroge2 Mins read
Fact-checking: A new hope in fake news land
President Uhuru Kenyatta would never be expected to blatantly lie in his address to the nation. But what if he did? How would...
Mike Njoroge5 Mins read
Kenyan start ups take the fight to fake news purveyors
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n its 2017 annual sustainability report, Safaricom said the biggest challenge it confronted during the year was tackling “fake news.” Blaming the “immediacy and popularity...
QUARTZ3 Mins read
