Kudi, the sign language fact-checker brings you this week’s roundup of fact checks from across Africa. #SignLanguage #signlanguagefactcheck
Can Nigerian doctors give care to children below 18 who are incapable of making informed decisions?
In June 2023, a Nigerian paediatric doctor posted on Twitter that a child died in his hospital and the doctors had to stand by and watch because the parents are Jehovah witness and forbade blood transfusion on their ward.
This tweet generated conversations around consent and human rights which has prompted a deep dive into the contentious issues surrounding giving care to minor or mature minors in Nigeria without parent’s consent.
Can Nigerian doctors treat bullet wound without police report?
Reports about how victims of bullet wound die because hospitals refuse to treat them without a police report abound. As recent as April 2023, HumAngle reported on hospitals rejecting gunshot victims.
17th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Kudi, the sign language fact-checker brings you this week’s roundup of fact checks from across Africa. #SignLanguage #signlanguagefactcheck
14th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up (YORUBA)
Kudi, the sign language fact-checker brings you this week’s roundup of fact checks from across Africa. #SignLanguage #signlanguagefactcheck
10th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Kudi, the sign language fact-checker brings you this week’s roundup of fact checks from across Africa. #SignLanguage #signlanguagefactcheck
Fact-checking Claims on the Origin and Deaths of the Civil Unrest in Senegal
Olukokun Yusuf On 5th June 2023, a popular Twitter page with close to a million followers, @AfricaFactsZone made a post stating that 16 people have died following the protest in Senegal against President Sall’s unconstitutional third-term bid. The post also notes that opposition leader; Ousmane Sonko, has also been charged by a Senegalese court and […]
CLAIM: Minister of Education Impregnates His Deputy Minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Video)
6th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Kudi, the sign language fact-checker brings you this week’s roundup of fact checks from across Africa. #SignLanguage #signlanguagefactcheck
3rd June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Kudi, the sign language fact-checker brings you this week’s roundup of fact checks from across Africa. #SignLanguage #signlanguagefactcheck
