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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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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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Online shopping during the festive season: separating the real from the fake
In recent times, online shopping has gained prominence with many physical shops moving to get online presence to take advantage…
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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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NDC, NPP win an equal number of parliamentary seats; what are the implications of a hung parliament?
The 2020 elections will go down in history as one of the most keenly contested elections in the fourth republic.…
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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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EC Has Not Yet called the Presidential Elections
Claim: Social media users and online portals claim their preferred candidates, John Mahama or Nana Akufo-Addo, have been declared winner…
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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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Misinformation: Challenges and Responses to Fact-Checking in Ghana
Abstract This research is a qualitative study that seeks to identify the dominant approaches used by journalists and organisations in…
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Is Britain investigating suspected money laundering involving Ghanaian officials?
Claim: an audio recording circulating on social media has as content a claim that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in…
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