Our latest newsletter gives you the facts you need from Nigeria, Kenya and Botswana. Read it below.

Fake news sites can look very convincing.
Read this guide for tools as well as tips to help you check the credibility of a website.

Have Nigerians gotten healthier in the last decade?
For answers to this question, we took a closer look at key health indicators from the latest national survey, including child mortality, malnutrition, adolescent birth rates and HIV prevalence.
Read the factsheet for a breakdown.

Is nearly half of Nairobi's water lost?
Do slum dwellers pay more for water than those living in swanky apartments?
We sieved through two of governor Mike Sonko’s claims about the Kenyan capital’s water supply.

This past week in Nigeria, messages rapidly spread on social media and closed messaging apps that passengers were being killed by Fulani herdsmen on one of Nigeria’s busiest roads.
But reverse image searches show the picture is old and its latest use is misleading.

[From the archive:] South Africa's "Doom pastor" has been found guilty of five charges, including grievous assault.
In case it wasn't obvious, here's why it's a bad idea* to spray the insecticide on someone's face:
(* susceptible people can die of an acute asthma attack if they're not attended to quickly)

🇿🇦 Missed our slot on Power987 this week? We explained why:
* you can't sell a kidney to solve your money worries,
* the claim that a child is kidnapped every 30 sec doesn't add up.
Listen here 👇🏾

The first-ever Global Evidence Summit took place in September 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Attendees - including Africa Check editor Anim van Wyk - shared ideas on how to use evidence to improve lives.
Here are some of them.

Is Botswana, along with Canada, Chile, Denmark, Japan and New Zealand “one of the world’s six best countries to live in”, as claimed in a recent Business Day article?
Here’s why you shouldn’t take rankings or measurements of any kind at face value.

International insecticide brand Mortein claims that Nigeria contributes 23% of the world’s malaria cases.
Does the figure hit the mark? We went looking for the data.

In this week's newsletter, we hone in on fact-checks from South Africa and Nigeria. Get clued up! -

Do facts matter in media? Are you worried about or tackling so-called 'fake news' stories? What role can fact-checking play in improving transparency and objectivity in media, and what skills and information do we need to achieve this?
If you’re in independent and community media in South Africa, help us find answers by completing this quick survey.

In his 2017 State of the Nation Address, South African President Jacob Zuma promised that the Mpumalanga high court would be completed within 50 days.
One year later, construction is still unfinished - and we’ve got the pictures to prove it.