Politics
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FALSE! No ‘Dumsor’ at Ghana’s Chief of Staff’s 60th birthday service attended by Mahama
Claim: An X user @mista_plasmah alleged that there was a blackout during a church service attended by Ghana’s President, John…
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Claim Asiedu Nketia accused government of lying about cause of recent power outages, false
Claim: An X user, @kduahjr, has shared a post showing Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, Chairperson of the National Democratic Congress, allegedly…
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False! Vice President did not storm out of Newsfile set
Claim: A Facebook post claims that Ghana’s Vice President, Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, lost her temper during an interview on Joy…
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Misleading! Viral clip distorts Mahama’s comment on NDC mandate
Claim: A Facebook user has shared a clip in which President John Dramani Mahama cautioned Ghanaians against voting for his…
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No, Commonwealth has not sent Akufo-Addo to Iran for peace talks
Claim: A viral flyer circulating on Facebook claims that the Commonwealth has voted to send Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to…
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No evidence Bawumia accused party members of sabotage; viral video AI-generated
Claim: A viral video circulating on social media shows former vice president Mahamudu Bawumia alleging that individuals within his party…
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Sole sourcing in government contracts in Ghana: The facts, politics and law
Introduction An investigative report by The Fourth Estate, an independent media outlet in Ghana, has stoked a never-ending debate in…
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Viral image of Ibrahim Traoré’s “arrest,” AI-generated
Claim: The Facebook page Amazing TV Ghana and a corresponding 14-minute YouTube video claim that Burkina Faso’s President, Captain Ibrahim…
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NPP’s Awal Mohammed publishes manipulated video of Vice-President dancing to Daddy Lumba’s Yentie Obiaa song
Claim: NPP’s Awal Mohammed has published a Facebook video that creates the impression that Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, was…
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Fifi Kwetey did not describe Ayariga “not fit” for Ayawaso East probe
CLAIM: A Facebook user named “Nation watcher” claimed that NDC General Secretary Fifi Kwetey said Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga should…
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