“Kenyan governor or South African councillor launching safety lights outside a grass-thatched mud house”
Africa Check rated this: Misleading
Politics and government
4,522 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“President Obama had child separation" and "I'm the one that stopped it.”
The New York Times rated this: False.
“Ben Garrison, an American Cartoonist, has drawn a cartoon targeting the Indian National Congress party’s rule”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Bukola Saraki, the president of Nigeria’s senate, had returned to the ruling All Progressives Congress just months after he left in protest”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Video of Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Anil Upadhyay beating up a cop.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Claim this is not congress party office in wayanad”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating False
“The video shows an ambulance being stopped by the police in New Delhi for BJP MP Manoj Tiwari. The video shows an ambulance being stopped for a Congress rally.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Claims have gone viral on social media that Pakistani flags were raised in Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad rally. Also claims were mae that Congress party has painted their building in Wayanad with green colour. But we found the claims to be false.”
BBC Hindi rated this: False
“A claim that Nigerian Universities were shut for almost two years during the tenure of Olusegun Obasanjo/Atiku Abubakar as President and Vice-President of Nigeria respectively.”
DUBAWA rated this: Half True
“Congress Manifesto: “Will withdraw the AFSPA, reduce army presence if voted”.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Nirav Modi stated before the London court that he didn’t leave India but was threatened by the leaders of a political party to escape and run away from the country.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“For the last 60 years, under the Congress government, soldiers have travelled in general bogies by lying down at the empty space near toilets. But when these images were sent to Modi and Suresh Prabhu, they arranged flights for the soldiers in the army.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“The video shows Congress leader Rahul Gandhi making two contradictory claims on farm loan waivers.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Picture puported to be ffrom the March 26 meeting between President Kenyatta and Ruto”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Old photos of Ganga river used to claim that Modi government is successful in cleaning the river.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“The Government cut nearly $2 billion from aged care services”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim is misleading. Last year, Fact Check examined a similar claim by Mr Shorten, in which he accused the Government of cutting $1.2 billion from aged care. Our analysis and conclusions have not changed. I…
“Retired President Moi was Kenya's second VP”
PesaCheck rated this: MIXTURE
“A screenshot of National Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar’s Wikipedia page that shows him as “most corrupt” is being widely shared on social media. It’s true that the Wikipedia page on 26 March showed Mr Pawar as the “most corrupt”.”
BBC Hindi rated this: True
“Bill Cosby was framed with rape to ‘stop him buying NBC”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Facebook post claiming that Congress has promised Rs 72000 per month to poor families”
The Quint rated this: FALSE