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
FACT-CHECK: Has President Tinubu threatened to deport 700 Americans, ban iPhones?
Claim: Nigerian President Tinubu to deport 700 Americans residing in Nigeria. Source: Social Media Verdict: False Researched by Nusrat Essah...
FACT-CHECK: Photo of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu in a hospital bed manipulated
Claim: Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in hospital bed Source: GhanaFact WhatsApp chatbot Verdict: Manipulated Researched by Gifty Danso The...
FACT-CHECK: Photo of popular Nigerian pastor, Enoch Adeboye, in an Islamic veil is AI-generated
Claim: Popular Nigerian pastor Enoch Adeboye in an Islamic veil at Kabah in Saudi Arabia Source: GhanaFact WhatsApp Chatbot Verdict:...
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 report on 2024 elections
Accra, January 29, 2024 – The Ghana Fact-Checking Coalition (GFC), comprising Dubawa Ghana, Fact-Check Ghana, and GhanaFact, launched its report...
An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later
As Meta announces end to U.S. fact-checking, program partners warn of a setback for accuracy online and potential global consequences...
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...
