Politics
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Old #EndSARS video falsely shared as anti-xenophobia retaliation in Nigeria
Claim: Social media users claim Nigerian youths attacked Shoprite outlets in retaliation for xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Verdict: Misleading.…
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Cambodia did not order Africans to leave; viral immigration notice is fake
CLAIM: A notice bearing the seal of Cambodia’s General Department of Immigration (GDI) has been widely circulated on Facebook, Instagram…
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Misleading! 86-year-old lawmaker not African president
Claims: An X user, @SadiqMaunde, shared footage of an elderly man being assisted by handlers at a public gathering, claiming…
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Viral 34.4% EC gazetted results for Mahama in 2016 election, manipulated
Claim: Viral Facebook posts claim that former President John Dramani Mahama secured 34.4% in Ghana’s 2016 presidential election, while Nana…
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No, President Mahama has not extended Ghana’s IMF bailout for 3 years
Claim: An NPP communicator, Awal Mohammed, on Facebook claims President John Dramani Mahama has extended Ghana’s IMF loan programme for…
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Claim NPP recorded Ghana’s ‘largest migration in history,’ misleading!
Claim: Viral Facebook posts allege that Ghana experienced “the largest migration in history” under the NPP administration, while others claim…
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How ‘dumsor’ trends were hijacked by betting accounts, political actors using fake locations
Over the past weeks, disruptions in power supply have dominated conversations within households, business circles, and social media platforms. This…
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Viral press release attributed to minority caucus in parliament on Kwame Ohene Frimpong’s arrest, fake
Claim: A widely circulated statement on social media purports to show that the minority caucus in Ghana’s Parliament has issued…
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Old video of Ohene Frimpong misleadingly reshared as response to 2026 Netherlands detention reports
Claim: Social media users are circulating an old video of Asante Akyem North MP Kwame Ohene Frimpong speaking about previous…
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Claim NPP sacked Kevin Taylor, Owusu Bempah, false
Claim: A viral post circulating on social media claims that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has officially sacked US-based journalist…
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