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DUBAWA trains 21 fellows for Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking and Research Fellowship
West Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, DUBAWA, will, from Monday, December 5, kickstart the 2022/2023 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking Fellowship with…
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Liberian Finance Minister’s affirmation of US$50 per bag of rice price in Sierra Leone cannot be substantiated
Claim: “The price of rice in Sierra Leone is US$50,”- Samuel Tweah Verdict: No evidence to substantiate the assertion that…
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False; Ghanaians, Sierra Leoneans not banned from travelling to UAE
Claim: Ghana, Sierra Leone, and 18 other African countries have been banned from travelling to the United Arab Emirates. No…
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Call for application: The Kwame Karikari Fact-checking and Research Fellowship
The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), through its fact-checking project DUBAWA, is accepting applications for the 2022/2023 Kwame…
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False! Weah never promised to implement war and economic crimes court at UNGA
President George Weah told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2019 that he would have implemented the War and…
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Kush, the ‘sleeping drug’ slowly killing Sierra Leonean youth
In recent years, the youth of Sierra Leone have taken to the use of synthetic marijuana/drug called “Kush.” It is…
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False! President Weah did not win 78% of votes in 2017 election
‘I had 78% of the popular votes of the Liberian people’ – Weah According to the Liberian National Elections Commission…
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False! Public wage bill under former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was never 70% of total expenditure
According to Samuel Jackson, an Economist, the wage bill under the former administration ballooned to 70%, amounting to $320 million.…
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Explainer: The Global Magnitsky Act and Liberia’s 3 Corrupt Officials
Liberians were greeted with a report released by the US Treasury Department under the Global Magnitsky Act, sanctioning three top…
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The video of woman beating up a harmless child with slippers did not happen in Sierra Leone
Social media users in Sierra Leone have been debating the location of the incident, with many claiming it happened somewhere…
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