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No, there’s no Impending Lockdown for Greater Accra Region
There have been viral reports social media that suggests that the government of Ghana will put Greater Accra Region under another lockdown following a...
FALSE! Aboniki is not a Cure for COVID-19
There have been claims on Facebook and other social media sites that suggest that Aboniki cream (a very popular liniment in Ghana) and its...
Tema Central Constituency
Tema Central
Region: Gt. Accra
District: Tema Metropolitan Assembly
Voter Population: 60,390
Incumbent MP: Kofi Brako
Number of Electoral Areas:
Important Landmarks (Tourist attractions, popular food crop, etc):...
Spotting Fake News: Note the Difference Between these News Portals
Knowing the source of an information is one of the key steps in spotting fake news or identifying credible information.
It is therefore important that...
Madagascar has not QUIT the World Health Organization
A viral news report claims that the president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has withdrawn has country's members of the World Health Organization (WHO) and...
Supply of PPEs to EC by Govt? Minority Leader’s Claim Completely False
On Thursday, May 7, 2020, at a press conference organized by the Minority Caucus of Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority Leader, claimed that the...
COVID-19 in West Africa: Credible Information as a Vaccine Against Misinformation?
By Hawa Ba & Ayisha Osori, Open Society Initiative West Africa (OSIWA)
During the social media age information spreads faster than any virus and there...
COVID-19: Lagos Governor’s claim about Ghana doing Rapid Diagnostic Tests Completely False
The Governor of Lagos in Nigeria, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday May 5, made a claim on the kind of tests that are done to...
Media Release on Selection of NDC Vice-Presidential Candidate is Fake
A statement outlining names of some personalities selected to be considered for the vice-presidential candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been...
Yes, Gov’t Shared Different Macroeconomic Data With Ghanaians and the IMF
On April 13, 2020, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a statement approving the disbursement of US$1 billion credit facility...
Ghana’s Press Freedom Ranking – Mahama’s Claim Completely False
In commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day Celebrations on May 3, 2020, former President John Dramani Maham delivered a speech through his social...
Countering COVID-19 Fake News: MFWA Upscales Fact-Checking Initiative, Partners 50 Media Organisations
In an effort to effectively deal with the proliferation of fake news and misinformation around the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Media Foundation for West...