A. Kwabena Brakopowers
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Facebook Checks
FALSE! Ghana’s Mohammed Salisu has no Facebook account
Claim: A Facebook post purportedly from Black Stars and Southampton centre-back, Mohammed Salisu, says he was open to promoting small…
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Economy
FALSE! Ghana’s public debt in 2020 not $49bn
Claim: The Government of Ghana spokesperson on Governance and Security, Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, said the country’s total public debt as of the…
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Economy
MISLEADING! Ghana’s debt-to-GDP ratio not 104%
Claim: A member of the opposition NDC Communications team, Beatrice Annan, says Ghana’s public debt to GDP ratio is 104%.…
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Fact Check
Video of man slapping soldier after doing sit-up predates 2023 and not from Ashaiman
Claim: A video of a young man seen slapping a soldier after doing sit-ups is alleged to have been filmed…
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FALSE! Goodluck Jonathan has not asked John Mahama not to contest Ghana’s 2024 election
Claim: A screenshot of the front page of a purported March 1, 2023, edition of the state newspaper, Daily Graphic,…
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Economy
Inaccurate! Ghana’s GDP growth rate in 2008 not 7.2%
Claim: The Communications Director of the governing New Patriotic Party, Richard Ahiagbah, says ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor handed over to…
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Economy
EXPLAINER: Ghana’s debt restructuring program; has Parliament approved it?
Ghana’s public debt amounts to more than 100 per cent of its gross domestic product, and payments to service this…
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Economy
Mahama’s oil field claim against Akufo-Addo’s government misleading
Claim: Former Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, says he “bequeathed” two oil fields, TEN and Sankofa, to his successor, President…
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