Fact Check
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Social media claims Pres. Akufo-Addo ready to deliver five airplanes to the Aviation Ministry
Claim: Akufo-Addo is set to deliver five airplanes to the Aviation Ministry to bring Ghana airways back to life. False.…
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Does the viral WhatsApp message claiming that our media devices and social media applications are being monitored in Ghana have any truth to it?
Claim: A new communications regulation has been implemented to record phone calls and monitor social media applications use. False. The…
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Viral image suggesting John Mahama was featured on UK’s Guardian newspaper’s front page over Airbus scandal is fake
Several Facebook posts claim the UK’s Guardian newspaper featured former president, John Mahama, on its front page in a report…
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Video of Rawlings flying under Adomi bridge? No, it’s not him!
Claim: A video circulating on social media purportedly shows how former president, Jerry John Rawlings, flew a plane under the…
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Screenshot of DW Africa’s Facebook post on Martin Amidu’s resignation true
Claim: social media users claim a screenshot of a DW Africa post on the resignation of Mr. Amidu is fake.…
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Are 99% of Ghanaian youth unemployed as claimed by GUM flagbearer?
Claim: Flagbearer of the Ghana Union Movement, Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrew, claims 99% of youth in Ghana are unemployed Though…
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Viral video suggesting Rawlings was seen at his mother’s funeral without observing COVID-19 protocols is dated
Rawlings was seen during his mother’s funeral with no mask and no social distancing. The video which the claim references…
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False! Akufo-Addo did not challenge Rawlings’ Ghanaian nationality in court in 1992
An NDC activist claims President Akufo-Addo took Former President Rawlings to court to challenge his Ghanaian nationality in 1992 The…
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Education Minister makes misleading claim on Ghana’s position in teacher status ranking
Claim: Ghana’s education minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, says Ghana has been ranked second in the latest Global Teacher Status Index…
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Viral image of badly constructed road NOT in Ghana
A Facebook page, NDC Tv, shared an image of a badly constructed road, seeking to ridicule the government’s “year of…
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