War in the Middle East: Key Misinformation Trends During the Middle East war (March–April 2026), the ARIJ’s Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) Fact-Checking Chatbot received hundreds of claims for verification related to Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, and the Gulf region. In this report, we present our key findings on misinformation trends and our fact-checking efforts throughout that…
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…
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…
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…
ARIJ’s AFCN held its final 2025 Regional Meeting In-Person in Amman December 5, 2025 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, held its fourth regional in person meeting for 2025 in Amman, Jordan as part of the 18th ARIJ Annual Forum. The meeting aimed to review AFCN’s milestones over the past five years and define…
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