No, former Kenyan elections chair not dead as claimed in viral …
Dec 12, 2024 · The context. The videos refer to Wafula Chebukati, who chaired the IEBC during the 2017 and 2022 general elections.He was a controversial figure who received both strong criticism and praise from different sides of the political divide.. Kenya’s supreme court annulled the 2017 elections, leading to a repeat election.In the 2022 elections, four IEBC commissioners publicly disagreed with ...
EXPLAINER: How Nigeria can become vaccine-independent
Oct 7, 2024 · Mpox is a viral disease that causes a distinctive rash and can be fatal.. As of 30 September 2024, the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) reported that there were 78 confirmed cases of mpox in Nigeria. The most affected group has been children below the age of five. No deaths have been reported. In August, Nigeria received 10,000 doses of …
EXPLAINER: What next for South Africa, following unprecedented …
Jun 6, 2024 · The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, formed in December 2023, received 14.6% of the vote in its debut election. It has rejected the election results and threatened to boycott the first sitting of the national assembly.. A quorum is the minimum number of members of a group necessary to be present at a meeting. For the national assembly, the quorum is …
Outgoing African Union Commission chair Moussa Faki has not …
Dec 13, 2024 · The race to succeed Moussa Faki as chair of the African Union Commission (AUC) is drawing to a close, with elections scheduled for February 2025.. Faki has been in office since 2017.The AUC is the secretariat of the African Union and manages the day-to-day activities of the 55-country bloc.It is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is in this context that a post making the rounds on ...
Ignore fake Amani Africa poll showing Kenya's Odinga leading …
Dec 20, 2024 · Raila Odinga is Kenya’s former prime minister. In February 2023, he announced his bid to chair the African Union Commission (AUC).. The AUC is the secretariat of the African Union (AU) and manages the day-to-day activities of the 55-country bloc.It is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With elections for a new chair scheduled for February 2025, the AU hosted “ Mjadala Afrika ”, the ...
What are Africa’s major religions? | Africa Check
Dec 7, 2022 · There is little aggregated data on religious beliefs on the continent. The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) provides regional aggregates derived from UN and World Bank data. Christianity is the main religion in three African regions: East Africa (66%), Southern Africa (82%), and Central Africa (83%). Islam is the predominant religion in in West Africa (52%) and North Africa (94%).
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‘Rise up Africans’: No evidence US president-elect Donald Trump …
Nov 15, 2024 · After securing more than the 270 electoral votes needed, Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on 5 November 2024. He will take office in January 2025.. This will be Trump’s second term as US president. His first term was from 2017 to 2021.. In this context, subscribers to our two WhatsApp lines have sent us a long quote attributed to Trump.
Mandela’s mole moved? No, photo flipped - Africa Check
Jul 23, 2020 · “Who's the real Mandela actually?? ?? I know one died in 1982 though!!” That’s the claim in a Facebook post published on 20 July 2020. As evidence, it shows two photos of South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013.One is from when he was younger and the other from the last few years of his life.
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2 days ago · Maina Njenga, former leader of the outlawed Kenyan group, was not attacked by angry crowd in 2025. Ignore old, unrelated photo