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Liberia not the only eligible country to miss $1.2bn MCC grant

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Liberia not the only eligible country to miss $1.2bn MCC grant

Jackson C. Clay Jr. January 17, 2023 0

Claim: “All Countries that passed the MCC scorecard received hundreds of millions of dollars, except Liberia.” Verdict:...

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Public Sector Investment not US$27million when George Weah became Liberia’s President

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Public Sector Investment not US$27million when George Weah became Liberia’s President

Jackson C. Clay Jr. January 12, 2023 0

Claim: “We (CDC) took over from a place where they (Past Government, UP) had only US$ 27...

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Explainer: Tracking the law on presidential travels and Weah’s 48-days of globe-trotting

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Explainer: Tracking the law on presidential travels and Weah’s 48-days of globe-trotting

Jackson C. Clay Jr. December 26, 2022 0

According to rule 13, Liberia’s government’s revised travel ordinance of 2016/2017, no trip out of the country...

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Misleading, inflation has not gone up in Liberia

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Misleading, inflation has not gone up in Liberia

Jackson C. Clay Jr. December 23, 2022 0

Claim: “Under President George Weah, the inflation rate has gone up,” a TV anchor in Nigeria asserts....

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DUBAWA trains 21 fellows for Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking and Research Fellowship

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DUBAWA trains 21 fellows for Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking and Research Fellowship

Dubawa December 5, 2022 1

West Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, DUBAWA, will, from Monday, December 5, kickstart the 2022/2023 Kwame Karikari...

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Liberian Finance Minister’s affirmation of US$50 per bag of rice price in Sierra Leone cannot be substantiated

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Liberian Finance Minister’s affirmation of US$50 per bag of rice price in Sierra Leone cannot be substantiated

Jackson C. Clay Jr., Fayia J. Moseray November 17, 2022 0

Claim: “The price of rice in Sierra Leone is US$50,”- Samuel Tweah Verdict: No evidence to substantiate...

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Call for application: The Kwame Karikari Fact-checking and Research Fellowship

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Call for application: The Kwame Karikari Fact-checking and Research Fellowship

Dubawa November 2, 2022 0

The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), through its fact-checking project DUBAWA, is accepting applications for...

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False! Weah never promised to implement war and economic crimes court at UNGA

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False! Weah never promised to implement war and economic crimes court at UNGA

Jackson C. Clay Jr. October 31, 2022 0

President George Weah told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2019 that he would have implemented...

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False! President Weah did not win 78% of votes in 2017 election

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False! President Weah did not win 78% of votes in 2017 election

Jackson C. Clay Jr. October 20, 2022 0

‘I had 78% of the popular votes of the Liberian people’ – Weah According to the Liberian...

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False! Public wage bill under former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was never 70% of total expenditure

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False! Public wage bill under former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was never 70% of total expenditure

Jackson C. Clay Jr. October 12, 2022 0

According to Samuel Jackson, an Economist, the wage bill under the former administration ballooned to 70%, amounting...

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