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Fact Check Desk

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Fact Check Desk

Reviewing public claims, statements, viral reports, and conflict updates with evidence-based editorial standards.

BADRAMA TV tracks misinformation, political claims, regional security updates, and viral social media reports across Rwanda, DRC, the Great Lakes, and Africa.

Research Only • Editorial Review Required

Editorial Verification Workflow

Our fact-check desk follows a careful editorial process designed to build public trust while protecting sensitive testimony and private evidence.

How we verify
  1. Identify the claim clearly
  2. Record where the claim appeared
  3. Review relevant public and editorial evidence
  4. Seek counter-claims and missing context
  5. Check related articles and testimony records
  6. Complete editorial review before publishing

Investigation Desk

Fact-Check Command Center

Live claim monitoring, featured review, and editorial verification status.

Featured Fact-Check Misleading

Kinshasa constitutional protests (June 2026): were live bullets fired against opposition rallies?

  • Topic External
  • Confidence Medium confidence
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The claim

“President Tshisekedi's security forces and pro-government "Forces of Progress" militias used live ammunition to shoot unarmed protesters opposing a third presidential term during constitutional reform...”

What we found

Violent clashes on 12 June 2026 are confirmed: police used tear gas, stones were thrown, and opposition leader Martin Fayulu was injured. Claims that live ammunition was fired into crowds remain unverified by hospitals or the UN Joint Human...

Evidence reviewed

AFP and Reuters coverage (12–13 June 2026) on tear gas, stone-throwing, and Fayulu's injury; AP/Washington Post on Senate passage (16 June 2026). Live-fire allegations reported as witness claims witho...

Our analysis

On 12 June 2026, opposition demonstrations in Kinshasa against a proposed constitutional referendum escalated into physical confrontations outside parliament and near opposition party premises. International wires includ...

What this verdict means

Misleading

Partly true but missing key context or used deceptively.

Our Verdict System

Every published review uses one of these transparent editorial labels.

Verified

Evidence confirms the claim is accurate and trustworthy.

False

Evidence shows the claim is false or misleading.

Misleading

Partly true but missing key context or used deceptively.

Needs Context

The claim needs additional context to be understood correctly.

Unverified

Not enough reliable evidence is available yet.

Under Review

The claim is still being investigated by the editorial team.

All published reviews

6 published reviews

Needs Context
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The claim

“Over 900 people have died from Ebola in the current DRC outbreak, and authorities are hiding the tru...”

Ebola in DRC (June 2026 update): what do official case numbers show as the outbreak grows?

Confirmed Ebola cases in DRC rose rapidly in early–mid June 2026 (Bundibugyo strain; PHEIC declared May 2026). Official reporting cited hundreds of confirmed cases and under 200 confirmed deaths—not 900+ deaths. Viral posts often mix confirmed, suspected, and projected figures amid conflict-limited surveillance in Ituri and North Kivu.

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