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BALOBAKI CHECK works to ensure the integrity of information in the public arena. Founded in 2022 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we aim to strengthen democracy in the DRC through training for journalists, media education and quality content to combat hate speech and information disorder.
Kinshasa – April 02, 2025 – On International Fact-checking Day, BALOBAKI CHECK launches a Fact-checker network in the Democratic Republic to broaden citizen engagement in the public arena and on social networks. The network brings together journalists...
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By Ange Kasongo Adihe (Balobaki Check, RDC) et Valdez Onanina (Africa Check, Afrique francophone) – Translated by Helen Vesperini This text is the first in a series of...
The publication claims that Mrs. Kasalu, Tshisekedi’s mother, sent a message to the family. The voice message reads: “Let the whites come and decide between us....
It would be worrying if Meta were to stop collaborating with external fact-checkers in countries where access to information is limited. In March 2020, a Congolese mother was...
KINSHASA – January 10, 2025 – Balobaki Check sees Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg’s decision as a bad omen for democracy. In the USA, Meta has announced the end of...
At the invitation of the European Union’s External Action Service, eight African journalists from Chad, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville and the Democratic Republic of the Cong...