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Six common diseases attributable to smoking and what The Gambia is doing about it

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Six common diseases attributable to smoking and what The Gambia is doing about it

Dawda Baldeh March 14, 2023 0

Smoking, especially tobacco smoking,  is a harmful practice that can cause several diseases, such as cancer, heart...

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Liberia and Biometric Voters Registration ahead of October’s Elections

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Liberia and Biometric Voters Registration ahead of October’s Elections

Jackson C. Clay Jr. March 12, 2023 0

Ahead of Liberia’s Presidential and Legislative elections, dated October this year, the country has decided to conduct...

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Barrow’s partisan Commission of Inquiry and matters arising

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Barrow’s partisan Commission of Inquiry and matters arising

Dawda Baldeh March 7, 2023 0

President Adama Barrow, on Friday, February 24, 2023, swore in a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the...

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False! AME University, AME Zion University Presidents still at post

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False! AME University, AME Zion University Presidents still at post

Jackson C. Clay Jr. March 7, 2023 0

Claim: A newspaper and a pressure group say AMEU President Alvin Attah and AMEZU President Benjamin Lartey...

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Sierra Leone 2023 Election: Tracking the differences between voter and national identity cards

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Sierra Leone 2023 Election: Tracking the differences between voter and national identity cards

Mohamed Jaward Nyallay March 6, 2023 0

Sierra Leoneans are no strangers to Identity Cards (IDs), whether Voter IDs or National IDs, citizens have...

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Assessing Securiport contract breach and its subsequent chaos

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Assessing Securiport contract breach and its subsequent chaos

Mariam Sankanu March 6, 2023 0

Public Outcry  There is a public uproar in The Gambia over the content of an audit report...

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Swarming photo of football fans has no connection with Samura Kamara’s entry into Freetown

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Swarming photo of football fans has no connection with Samura Kamara’s entry into Freetown

Fayia J. Moseray March 2, 2023 0

Claim: A known Sierra Leonean social media activist, Sheka Forna, posted a photo claiming to be scenes...

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Liberia’s dual citizenship debacle: The voice of the people or the wants of elites?

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Liberia’s dual citizenship debacle: The voice of the people or the wants of elites?

Jackson C. Clay Jr. March 1, 2023 0

Liberia held a referendum to vote on some proposed changes to the country’s constitution on December 8,...

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Joseph Nyumah Boakai deciding to support Alexander Cummings after retirement, False!

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Joseph Nyumah Boakai deciding to support Alexander Cummings after retirement, False!

Varney Dukuly March 1, 2023 0

Claim: ‘Former Vice President has decided to support Cummings following retirement from politics,’ Sekou Kalasco Damaro, Presidential...

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False! No fatality recorded from Bo Stadium incident

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False! No fatality recorded from Bo Stadium incident

Foday Moriba Conteh February 28, 2023 0

Claim: An online news platform, Theorganiser.net, claims that Bo Stadium collapsed and killed some school girls.  Verdict:...

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