Have you already had your subject checked by Balobaki Check?

Before you submit your proposal for checking, make sure it is on a topic that Balobaki can handle. You can first check your topic on our site to see if a fact-checking article has been published on it. If your submission has already been fact-checked, it is less likely to be subject to further fact-checking.

If you think we’ve made a mistake or omitted something from one of our articles, or if you’d like us to make changes for greater clarity, please let us know. We are always open to your suggestions, as they can help us improve our work.

Please send your comments, corrections and complaints to balobakicheck@gmail.com

Please help us by making your comments as clear as possible so that we can understand exactly what your concerns are. Also, add links to reference documents or publicly available data.

You can submit your comments in the comment section under an article, in an e-mail or on WhatsApp+243 859 167 887. Queries submitted through these channels are reviewed daily by a member of the Balobaki Check team.

We will let you know as soon as we have taken your comments into account whether we will be making a change to our article in response. If we do decide to make a change, it will be indicated in the article.

– In the event of a factual error, a note entitled ‘CORRECTION’ will be added to the article, specifying exactly what has been changed.

– For clarifications or updates, a note entitled ‘UPDATE’ will be added, with an explanation of what has been changed.

If, after the publication of a fact-check, new piece of information comes to light that alters the truth of the content of our article, we undertake to clarify and correct it by updating our article.

Would you like to submit an assertion/information to be verified to the Balobaki Check editorial team?

With the flood of misinformation on social networks, we can’t verify every story we receive. However, we are open to receiving all suggestions and selecting some for verification. It is important to note that not all topics are meant to be verified. Before submitting a suggestion to Balobaki for verification, please read the following criteria carefully:

Is your proposal suitable to to be verified by Balobaki check?

We examine topics relating to Africa in general, and the Democratic Republic of Congo in particular, in a variety of fields, including health, politics, security, the environment, the economy, science and technology. If your subject meets these criteria, it is likely to be selected for verification.

Is it a factual subject or rather an opinion or an analysis?

We can check facts

-Not an opinion

-Nor an analysis.

We do not check opinions or analyses, as fact-checking is a journalistic genre based on facts. We are only interested in subjects based on facts.

What is the danger if your assertion is not verified?

If your proposition is not verified, will it be harmful to society? What negative effects could it have? If your subject has a big impact, it is likely to be selected. When you submit your proposal, tell us what impact it could have if it is not examined.

When a statement is found to be erroneous, unsubstantiated or misleading, we turn to the person who made it. We also monitor the resurgence of fake news already debunked by Balobaki Check, and then contact the original originators to present the evidence behind our conclusion. We then insist that the source update their statement.