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DECODING THE NUMBERS THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD


CITIZENS NEED ACCURATE INFORMATION TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS. PESACHECK IS
AFRICA’S LARGEST INDIGENOUS FACT-CHECKING ORGANISATION, DEBUNKING MISLEADING
CLAIMS AND DECIPHERING THE OFTEN CONFUSING NUMBERS QUOTED BY PUBLIC FIGURES IN
15 AFRICAN COUNTRIES.


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FAKE: This digital card on attempts to remove Speaker from office is fabricated
FAKE: THIS DIGITAL CARD ON ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE SPEAKER FROM OFFICE IS FABRICATED

Nation Africa and Moses Wetang’ula have denounced the digital card.
PesaCheck
Oct 28
MISSING CONTEXT: This video of Ruth Acheng presented as Bahamas High
Commissioner is old
MISSING CONTEXT: THIS VIDEO OF RUTH ACHENG PRESENTED AS BAHAMAS HIGH
COMMISSIONER IS OLD

The clip was recorded when the former ambassador presented her credentials as a
non-resident High Commissioner to The Bahamas prior to her…
PesaCheck
Oct 28
ALTERED: This digital card on Kithure Kindiki being sworn in as Deputy President
is doctored
ALTERED: THIS DIGITAL CARD ON KITHURE KINDIKI BEING SWORN IN AS DEPUTY PRESIDENT
IS DOCTORED

The original graphic is on Kindiki’s nomination for the role.
PesaCheck
Oct 28
MISSING CONTEXT: This video of an Israeli military base targeted by Lebanese
Hezbollah is not from…
MISSING CONTEXT: THIS VIDEO OF AN ISRAELI MILITARY BASE TARGETED BY LEBANESE
HEZBOLLAH IS NOT FROM…

The video shows damage to an IDF base in Biranit, Israel, after rocket fire from
Lebanon in November 2023.
PesaCheck
Oct 28
CANULAR : Ce 29ème anniversaire du supermarché Carrefour Cameroun est un faux
CANULAR : CE 29ÈME ANNIVERSAIRE DU SUPERMARCHÉ CARREFOUR CAMEROUN EST UN FAUX

Les supermarchés Carrefour au Cameroun ont rejeté l’événement comme étant faux.
PesaCheck
Oct 25
FALSE: This video doesn’t show DP Rigathi Gachagua’s evidence against
impeachment
FALSE: THIS VIDEO DOESN’T SHOW DP RIGATHI GACHAGUA’S EVIDENCE AGAINST
IMPEACHMENT

The video shows the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly submitting
evidence to the Senate regarding Gachagua’s impeachment.
PesaCheck
Oct 25
FALSE: This photo is not from Eritrea
FALSE: THIS PHOTO IS NOT FROM ERITREA

The image was taken in Kenya.
PesaCheck
Oct 25
FAKE: This digital card is not from TUKO.co.ke
FAKE: THIS DIGITAL CARD IS NOT FROM TUKO.CO.KE

The media outlet has termed it fake.
PesaCheck
Oct 25
FALSE: Uganda Human Rights Commission chairperson is alive
FALSE: UGANDA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON IS ALIVE

Mariam Wangadya appeared in public after the video announcing her death was
posted online.
PesaCheck
Oct 25
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Fact-Checked: How old image of a boy crying over a lifeless body has been used
to spread…
FACT-CHECKED: HOW OLD IMAGE OF A BOY CRYING OVER A LIFELESS BODY HAS BEEN USED
TO SPREAD…

This image of a child crying over a dead body on the ground has been shared
multiple times on social media over the years in different…
PesaCheck
Dec 15, 2023
Se débarrasser du Sida avec du citron : mythe ou réalité?
SE DÉBARRASSER DU SIDA AVEC DU CITRON : MYTHE OU RÉALITÉ?

PesaCheck a mené une investigation et trouvé qu’il n’y a pas de preuve
scientifique solide soutenant l’efficacité du citron dans la…
PesaCheck
Aug 25, 2023
How to spot a job scam — a case study of the Mara Resort and Aero Cargo job
hoaxes
HOW TO SPOT A JOB SCAM — A CASE STUDY OF THE MARA RESORT AND AERO CARGO
JOB HOAXES

Desperate to make ends meet, many unsuspecting job seekers are becoming victims
of scam traps.
Naomi Wanjiku
Jul 18, 2023
How to spot and avoid falling prey to imposter social media pages
HOW TO SPOT AND AVOID FALLING PREY TO IMPOSTER SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES

A study estimates that 4.76 billion people around the world use social media.
This growth, over the years, is attributed to the rise in…
Rodgers Omondi
Apr 24, 2023
Fact-checking President Kaguta Museveni’s tweet of an image of Rwenzori
Mountains
FACT-CHECKING PRESIDENT KAGUTA MUSEVENI’S TWEET OF AN IMAGE OF RWENZORI
MOUNTAINS

How accurate is the tweet by the President of Uganda claiming to show the
Rwenzori Mountains?
PesaCheck
Jan 16, 2023
Fact-checking claims around Morocco’s qualification to the 2022 World Cup
semi-finals
FACT-CHECKING CLAIMS AROUND MOROCCO’S QUALIFICATION TO THE 2022 WORLD CUP
SEMI-FINALS

Morocco is the only African country that made it to the 2022 World Cup
semi-finals.
PesaCheck
Dec 16, 2022
Fighting misinfo trolls with facts.
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Climate-Change
FALSE: Methane is not irrelevant as a greenhouse gas
FALSE: METHANE IS NOT IRRELEVANT AS A GREENHOUSE GAS

Methane is more harmful than carbon dioxide over the short term.
PesaCheck
Aug 31
MISSING CONTEXT: This video does not show abnormal sunflower behaviour because
of weather…
MISSING CONTEXT: THIS VIDEO DOES NOT SHOW ABNORMAL SUNFLOWER BEHAVIOUR BECAUSE
OF WEATHER…

While young sunflowers do track the sun, mature ones always face east.
PesaCheck
Aug 30
FALSE: Warming since 1980 is not because of Earth’s albedo
FALSE: WARMING SINCE 1980 IS NOT BECAUSE OF EARTH’S ALBEDO

Peer-reviewed studies agree that greenhouse gas emissions is the cause of
global warming.
PesaCheck
Aug 30
FALSE: This video does not show a ‘chembow’
FALSE: THIS VIDEO DOES NOT SHOW A ‘CHEMBOW’

The white rainbow is called a fog bow and forms naturally.
PesaCheck
Aug 30
FALSE: It is untrue that no fish species have been harmed by climate change
FALSE: IT IS UNTRUE THAT NO FISH SPECIES HAVE BEEN HARMED BY CLIMATE CHANGE

Different fish species are threatened by global warming and climate change.
PesaCheck
Aug 30
FALSE: This claim that climate change is not making more frequent and
destructive wildfires is…
FALSE: THIS CLAIM THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT MAKING MORE FREQUENT AND
DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRES IS…

Researchers confirmed the link between climate change and wildfires.
PesaCheck
Jul 30
MISSING CONTEXT: Greenhouse gas emissions contribute to heat waves
MISSING CONTEXT: GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CONTRIBUTE TO HEAT WAVES

The claim video is not backed by research.
PesaCheck
Jul 30
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