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.

    FACT-CHECK: Deputy speaker’s claim that The Gambia has the cheapest gasoline price in West Africa is False

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • September 15, 2025

    FactSpace West Africa set to present on Health Misinformation at LSHTM event

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • September 12, 2025

    2025 Mpox vaccination footprints across West Africa – Here is all you need to know 

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • September 5, 2025

    58.9m posts removed, 13.5m accounts deactivated: Google, LinkedIn, TikTok comply with Nigeria govt’s demands

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • August 29, 2025

    FactSpace West Africa holds 2-day fact-checking training for Ghana News Agency

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • August 29, 2025

    Explainer: Closure of Liberia’s National Elections Commission over US$171K debt 

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • August 28, 2025

    FACT-CHECK: Finance Department of Sierra Leone Football Association broken into but not looted

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • August 22, 2025

    False! Elon Musk did not attend Davido’s Miami wedding 

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • August 18, 2025

    Fact-checking misinformation around Buhari’s death and return to Nigeria for burial

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • July 22, 2025
    President Maada Bio

    False! President Maada Bio is not the first Sierra Leonean Head of State to head ECOWAS

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • June 24, 2025
    Jallo Juldeh Salone

    False! US partial travel ban on Sierra Leone does not affect Vice President, Cabinet ministers

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • June 18, 2025

    How to use TinEye to verify images – a step-by-step guide

    Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • June 16, 2025