Fact Check
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Misleading! $147 oil price spike under Kufuor not caused by “The Gulf War”
Claim: Afia Pokuaa, a Facebook user, has said that “Under President Kufuor, Ghana suffered a crude oil price surge of…
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FALSE! Over 1m Ghanaians didn’t find employment between 2025 Q1 and Q3
Claim: Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama says over one million Ghanaians found employment between quarters 1 and 2 of 2025,…
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NPP’s Miracles Aboagye makes false claim about global cocoa prices in 2025
Claim: Member of the communications team of the New Patriotic Party, Dennis ‘Miracles’ Aboagye claims that cocoa prices soared to…
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Viral ‘Bloomberg’ graphic falsely claims World Bank called Free SHS Ghana’s most significant policy since 1957
Claim: A viral graphic attributed to Bloomberg claims that a World Bank report described Ghana’s Free SHS policy as “Ghana’s…
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Claim Ivory Coast paying cocoa farmers more than announced farmgate price, false
Claim: A Ghanaian opposition lawmaker and former Lands Minister, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, alleges that neighbouring Ivory Coast is paying cocoa…
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FALSE! Ghana’s Supreme Court hasn’t ruled against Wesley Girls’ School over Islamic practices
Claim: Multiple social media reports alleged that Ghana’s Supreme Court has ruled against Wesley Girls’ High School in a controversial…
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False! IShowSpeed never compared Ghana and Nigeria in an alleged Adom FM interview
Claim: A viral social media post claims that IShowSpeed said in an interview with Ghanaian radio station Adom FM that…
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Kevin Taylor was not shot; viral bloody image, fake
Claim: An account on Facebook and YouTube claims Ghanaian broadcaster Kevin Taylor has been shot by unknown assailants. Verdict: False.…
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FALSE! Côte d’Ivoire hasn’t reduced its farmgate price of cocoa due to international pressure
Claim: Ghana’s Deputy Trade Minister, Samson Ahi, says neighbouring Ivory Coast has reviewed its farmgate price of cocoa set at…
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Ghana’s Minority leader makes false claim about the country’s 2025 industrial sector growth
Claim: The leader of Ghana’s largest opposition political party in Parliament, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, alleges the country’s industrial sector did…
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