Author: Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa

Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa is the Editor at FactSpace West Africa. He has spent close to a decade in digital news, including as a senior journalist at GhanaWeb and English desk lead at Africanews, and holds a degree in Communication Studies.

    Clean cooking strides in West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, The Gambia lagging as Ghana, Nigeria lead

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • May 25, 2026

    Explainer: The Gambia’s National Misinformation and Disinformation Response Centre

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • May 22, 2026

    ‘I never promised Lungi Bridge in my manifesto’ – Deconstructing Sierra Leone prez’s claim 

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • May 18, 2026

    FactSpace West Africa admitted into UNESCO MIL Alliance 

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • May 15, 2026

    FACT-SHEET: Nigeria hasn’t recorded hantavirus case

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • May 11, 2026

    FACT-CHECK: Only 1.5% of Sierra Leoneans have access to clean cooking, First Lady’s claim True

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • May 8, 2026

    FactSpace West Africa joins CDD-Ghana’s regional media capacity-building workshop in Accra

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • May 4, 2026

    False! Governor of Nigeria’s Kano State did not distribute panties, viral images manipulated

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • April 29, 2026

    Pumps, prices and subsidies: How Anglophone West Africa managed fuel amid Middle East war

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • April 10, 2026

    CAF’s AFCON 2025 ruling triggers ‘fake news’ – Verifying Senegal’s trophy with soldiers video, Hakimi’s rejection and Guinea petition

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • March 25, 2026

    FACT-CHECK: Former Nigerian minister didn’t weep over Ayatollah’s killing, viral video is from 2023

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • March 16, 2026

    FACT-CHECK: Photo of Liberian president, ADC ‘sleeping’ in public is manipulated 

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • March 10, 2026