“A cloudy outlook? What we are learning about election disinformation in Africa and what you can do about it.”
Nigeria, Africa’s largest democracy, held its presidential election in February 2023. In the lead-up voters had to wade through a sea of
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“A third of Kenya’s budget stolen? We checked former senator’s claim about much-travelled corruption statistics.”
Kenyan president William Ruto has stepped up his government’s campaign to increase tax revenues as he attempts to wean the country off expensive debt. His
“Government revenues: Kenya’s new president wants to collect more tax money.”
Kenya’s huge public debt is choking public spending and undermining the economy. The country’s new government therefore wants to increase
“Catholic doctors in Kenya pushed startling claims about Covid-19. Here’s why they’re wrong.”
A day after Kenya took delivery of a million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19, a group of Catholic doctors weighed
“Ousted Nairobi governor wrong to say Kenya president has borrowed ‘over KSh8 trillion in eight years’”.
Ousted Nairobi governor Mike Sonko took to social media in January 2021 to defend his record in office, giving a lengthy list of his
“Affordable Housing: Why the government’s housing policy is failing in Nairobi.”
After Kenya shut down its economy to battle the coronavirus pandemic, its comedians took to social media to entertain the
Dissatisfaction with ‘free’ public education”.
In Kenya, the fissures in society between rich and poor are nowhere more visible than in the system for educating