As applause filled the hall at the Jardin Savana Hotel in Dakar, Senegal, Valdez Onanina stepped forward to hand certificates of distinguished service to three people who helped shape fact-checking in ...

JOHANNESBURG — Journalists from 12 different countries and four continents gathered around a table at the University of the Witwatersrand to talk about fact-checking. At the head was Peter ...

The proliferation of disinformation is a fundamental challenge to stable and prosperous African societies. The scope of these intentional efforts to distort the information environment for a political ...

2024 looks to be a transformative year for the nations of Africa. The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System is beginning to create a foothold on the continent, millions of Africans will vote in ...

A lack of access to information as well as the steadily increasing harms from disinformation undermine democracy all over the world, including on the African continent. For this reason, journalists, ...

Did you know that Rwanda has the highest proportion of women in parliament? Or that the lyrics of Nigeria's national anthem, “Arise, O Compatriots”, are a mix of words taken from the five best entries ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) — A South African information technology company on Wednesday proved it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom, the country's ...

Systematic Review of Modern Case Series of Squamous Cell Cancer Arising in a Chronic Ulcer (Marjolin's Ulcer) of the Skin The burden of cancer in Africa is of significant concern for several reasons, ...

Over time, access to information has been seen as only affecting one sector, more often the media and not the wider society. Right to information must be about all of society. Access to information is ...

On the road towards sustainable development and facing a changing climate, global economies increasingly need to rely on climate services to manage their risks. According to a recent Overseas ...