Politics
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Did Nigerians in London gather to send Buhari back to Nigeria on arrival?
Claim: Some social media posts with accompanying photos say Nigerians in the UK have gathered in protest to demand that…
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Video of rock in shipping container not related to purported Malawi-Zimbabwe COVID-19 vaccine agreement
Claim: Malawi government ordered vaccines from Zimbabwe and a huge rock was delivered to them. The Malawian government has not…
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Fact-checking Africa Facts Zone’s Claims on Ghana’s Global and African Positioning: A Case of over oversimplification
A post by Africa Facts Zone on February 27th, 2020 pertaining to Ghana’s position in Africa and the world has…
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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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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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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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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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Viral Screenshot of BBC News Africa’s report on Ghana’s election FALSE
A viral screenshot suggests that BBC News Africa reported the just ended elections in Ghana with the headline: “Ghana’s peaceful…
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True! EC published Essikado-Ketan parliamentary results featuring 6 candidates instead of 3
Pro-NDC groups claim only three persons contested for the Essikado-Ketan parliamentary elections but the Electoral Commission announced results for six…
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