Hope, Collaboration and Innovation: Inside GlobalFact 13 Vilnius, Lithuania  June 17-19, 2026 More than 300 fact-checkers, journalists, researchers and information integrity experts from across the globe gathered in Vilnius for GlobalFact 13, the world’s leading fact-checking summit. Organized by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) in partnership with regional and international organizations, the conference came at…

Information Disorder and Resilience in the Global South ARIJ’s Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led the MENA component of a three-year international research project on information disorder in the Global South from 2023 to 2025, alongside research teams from Africa (Research ICT Africa), South-East Asia (LIRNEasia) and Latin America (InternetLab). The project was led by the…

  AFCN Concludes Training to Enhance the Sustainability of Fact-Checking Organizations   April 9, 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, concluded a specialized training held over two days, April 8 and 9, 2026, & titled: “Enhancing the Sustainability of Fact-Checking Organizations: From Funding to Reporting and Proposal Writing.” The training had active participation…

  The ARIJ’s AFCN Holds Its First Regional Meeting in 2026   1 April 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ held its first regional meeting for 2026 on Wednesday, April 1st, the 17th meeting in a series of regional meetings held by the network since its founding. The meeting was attended by 21…

A Research Paper: Speed and Accuracy in Wartime Verification: Insights from AFCN and its Community The study “Speed and Accuracy in Wartime Verification: Human-in-the-Loop Fact-Checking with AI across Gaza, Ukraine and Lake Chad”, produced under the Al Jazeera Fellowship 2024 and published in early 2026, examines the growing challenges of fact-checking in conflict settings. It explores how…

ARIJ’s AFCN Concluded a Training for 4 Arab Media Organizations on Pre-Publication Fact-Checking  February 18, 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from “ARIJ” concluded an intensive interactive digital training workshop titled “Basics of Pre-Publication Fact-Checking inside Newsrooms,” which lasted for three days on February 16, 17, and 18, 2026. The workshop targeted more than 18…

ARIJ’s AFCN Supports Sustainability of 9 Fact-Checking Organizations in 2025 January 4, 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ announced during its annual campaign on April 2, 2025 (International Fact-Checking Day), the launch of the second round of its competitive “SA7” project sub-grant. This comes amid the escalating challenges and political changes sweeping the…

Pre-Publication Fact-Checkers and Media Organizations Meeting at ARIJ25 Forum December 7, 2025 ARIJ’s AFCN convened a closed, in-person meeting titled “Pre-Publication Fact-Checking and Media Organizations: What Is Still Missing?” on the sidelines of the ARIJ25 forum, held in Amman, Jordan, from December 5 to 7, 2025. The meeting brought together fact-checkers with journalists, and editors…

AFCN Conducted “Fact-Checking Harmful Information” training at ARIJ25 Forum December 7, 2025 Within the framework of the ARIJ25 forum in Amman, ARIJ’s AFCN held a specialized workshop titled “Fact-Checking Harmful Information” from December 5-7, 2025, supported by the Norwegian investigative journalism foundation (SKUP). This workshop was developed in response to the findings of the third…

At ARIJ25 Forum: Arab Academics Discuss Integrating ARIJ’s Investigative and Fact-Checking Curricula December 6, 2025 During its 18th annual Forum, held from December 5th to 7th, 2025, in Amman-Jordan, ARIJ, through its Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN), hosted a dedicated meeting  on the second day, that convened Arab university professors to deliberate on how to integrate…

Hope, Collaboration and Innovation: Inside GlobalFact 13 Vilnius, Lithuania  June 17-19, 2026 More than 300 fact-checkers, journalists, researchers and information integrity experts from across the globe gathered in Vilnius for GlobalFact 13, the world’s leading fact-checking summit. Organized by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) in partnership with regional and international organizations, the conference came at…

Information Disorder and Resilience in the Global South ARIJ’s Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led the MENA component of a three-year international research project on information disorder in the Global South from 2023 to 2025, alongside research teams from Africa (Research ICT Africa), South-East Asia (LIRNEasia) and Latin America (InternetLab). The project was led by the…

  AFCN Concludes Training to Enhance the Sustainability of Fact-Checking Organizations   April 9, 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, concluded a specialized training held over two days, April 8 and 9, 2026, & titled: “Enhancing the Sustainability of Fact-Checking Organizations: From Funding to Reporting and Proposal Writing.” The training had active participation…

  The ARIJ’s AFCN Holds Its First Regional Meeting in 2026   1 April 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ held its first regional meeting for 2026 on Wednesday, April 1st, the 17th meeting in a series of regional meetings held by the network since its founding. The meeting was attended by 21…

A Research Paper: Speed and Accuracy in Wartime Verification: Insights from AFCN and its Community The study “Speed and Accuracy in Wartime Verification: Human-in-the-Loop Fact-Checking with AI across Gaza, Ukraine and Lake Chad”, produced under the Al Jazeera Fellowship 2024 and published in early 2026, examines the growing challenges of fact-checking in conflict settings. It explores how…

ARIJ’s AFCN Concluded a Training for 4 Arab Media Organizations on Pre-Publication Fact-Checking  February 18, 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from “ARIJ” concluded an intensive interactive digital training workshop titled “Basics of Pre-Publication Fact-Checking inside Newsrooms,” which lasted for three days on February 16, 17, and 18, 2026. The workshop targeted more than 18…

ARIJ’s AFCN Supports Sustainability of 9 Fact-Checking Organizations in 2025 January 4, 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ announced during its annual campaign on April 2, 2025 (International Fact-Checking Day), the launch of the second round of its competitive “SA7” project sub-grant. This comes amid the escalating challenges and political changes sweeping the…

Pre-Publication Fact-Checkers and Media Organizations Meeting at ARIJ25 Forum December 7, 2025 ARIJ’s AFCN convened a closed, in-person meeting titled “Pre-Publication Fact-Checking and Media Organizations: What Is Still Missing?” on the sidelines of the ARIJ25 forum, held in Amman, Jordan, from December 5 to 7, 2025. The meeting brought together fact-checkers with journalists, and editors…

AFCN Conducted “Fact-Checking Harmful Information” training at ARIJ25 Forum December 7, 2025 Within the framework of the ARIJ25 forum in Amman, ARIJ’s AFCN held a specialized workshop titled “Fact-Checking Harmful Information” from December 5-7, 2025, supported by the Norwegian investigative journalism foundation (SKUP). This workshop was developed in response to the findings of the third…

At ARIJ25 Forum: Arab Academics Discuss Integrating ARIJ’s Investigative and Fact-Checking Curricula December 6, 2025 During its 18th annual Forum, held from December 5th to 7th, 2025, in Amman-Jordan, ARIJ, through its Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN), hosted a dedicated meeting  on the second day, that convened Arab university professors to deliberate on how to integrate…