Election 2024: Pro-NPP X accounts targeting NDC’s John Mahama with hate and false claims
The Ghana Fact-Checking Coalition investigate Pro-NPP X accounts spreading hate and false claims against Presidential Candidate of NDC, John Mahama....
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Nigeria
Viral WhatsApp message announcing Sultan of Sokoto’s death is Fake
Claim: Sultan of Sokoto has died in London Source: WhatsApp Verdict: FALSE Researched by Hamza Ibrahim A WhatsApp message announcing...
FACT-CHECK: Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja is not dead
Claim: Chief of Army Staff dies of cancer Source: Jackson Ude / X Verdict: False Researched by Hamza Ibrahim Viral...
FACT-CHECK: Viral video of capsized ferry is from DRC not Nigeria’s Niger State
Claim: Video showing a capsized boat happened in Nigeria’s Niger State. Source: Facebook/WhatsApp Verdict: Misleading Researched by Hamza Ibrahim A...
Gambia
TRUE: Gambia’s main hospital EFSTH suspended surgeries due to water shortages
Claim: Surgical operations suspended at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) due to water shortage. Source: Kerr Fatou/Facebook Verdict:...
Mpox outbreak: Key steps 5 West African countries have rolled out
The World Health Organization (WHO) on August 14, 2024, declared Mpox (formerly known as Monkeypox) as a global health emergency...
EXPLAINER: Difference between Mpox and Chicken pox
Researched by Awa Macalo Chickenpox and Mpox formerly called MonkeyPox are both viral diseases that cause rashes and other symptoms,...
Sierra Leone
FACT-CHECK: Sierra Leonean passport bearing biodata of Chinese national is authentic
Researched by Kemo Cham On October 14, 2024, a copy of the Sierra Leonean passport with biodata details of a...
Mpox outbreak: Key steps 5 West African countries have rolled out
The World Health Organization (WHO) on August 14, 2024, declared Mpox (formerly known as Monkeypox) as a global health emergency...
Sierra Leone vs. Mano River Union neighbours: Who pays more for fuel imports?
By: Kemo Cham The Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) of Sierra Leone imposed an indefinite ban on all new applications for...
Liberia
Mpox outbreak: Key steps 5 West African countries have rolled out
The World Health Organization (WHO) on August 14, 2024, declared Mpox (formerly known as Monkeypox) as a global health emergency...
Sierra Leone vs. Mano River Union neighbours: Who pays more for fuel imports?
By: Kemo Cham The Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) of Sierra Leone imposed an indefinite ban on all new applications for...
FACT-CHECK: Former Liberia News Agency boss personalises institution’s Facebook page after exit from office
Researched by Emmanuel M. Weedee-Conway A post by a Liberian journalist, James Goodday Flomo, claimed that the former Director General...
Ghana Fact-Checking Coalition launches Tamale Media Situation Room
Tamale, December 5, FSWA - GhanaFact and its partners under the umbrella of the Ghana Fact-Checking Coalition have launched the...
Election 2024: FactSpace West Africa to deploy bulk SMS to reach offline communities
Accra, 3 December 2024, FSWA - FactSpace West Africa, a leading fact-checking organisation in the region, has announced the rollout...
FactSpace deploys GhanaFact chatbot to combat misinformation ahead of Ghana’s 2024 elections
Tamale, 30 November, FSWA—FactSpace West Africa has launched a chatbot for the pre-bunking and monitoring of claims before, during, ,...
