Elections
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Mahama falsely claims agricultural sector grew by 0.7% in 2022
Claim: The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) claims Ghana’s agricultural sector grew by 0.7% in 2022. Verdict: False.…
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Misleading to suggest no woman filed to contest upcoming Lower Manya Krobo District Assembly Elections
Claim: Upcoming Lower Manya Krobo District Assembly election has no woman filing to contest. Verdict: Misleading! Thirty-six women have filed…
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NPP Delegates Conference: Claim that party hopeful, Justin Kodua Frimpong, won NPP-USA internal polls false
Claim: NPP General Secretary hopeful, Justin Koduah Frimpong, has defeated incumbent John Boadu in NPP-USA internal polls, according to an…
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The law of ‘double honourable mention’: Becoming a Minister of State in Ghana
Certainly, any one inclined to follow the Ghanaian political climate knows that shortly after the swearing in of the President…
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Ghana Survives a Fractious Election But Will the Centre Hold for West Africa’s Model Democracy?
Ghana’s fourth Republic plods on, jerkily, but the nation that first ushered Africa into independence and democratic rule came to…
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Election 2020 Fall-out: The Case of Akpafu, Lolobi and Santrokofi And Demand for parliamentary elections in yet-to-be-created Guan Constituency
The Constitutional Instrument (CI) for the creation of the Guan District matured on Friday, November 6, 2020, paving the way…
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Fake News and Implications for Democratic Governance
Ahead of Ghana’s 2020 elections, concerns of spiraling rise of fake news and its osmotic penetration into public discourse was…
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False: NDC has not placed an injunction on the investiture of Nana Akuffo-Addo
Claim: The legal team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), led by Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, has placed an injunction on…
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Election 2020: Who are the three ‘extra’ Essikado-Ketan parliamentary candidates?
Following our previous fact-check that confirmed that the Electoral Commission (EC) published results for six instead of the three candidates…
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GHANA’S 2020 ELECTION: CAN FAKE NEWS INFLUENCE VOTING BEHAVIOUR?
Introduction Since the return to constitutional rule in 1992, Ghanaians have been going to the polls to elect their president…
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