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Explainer: Assessing the new Leones 90 days after becoming legal tender 

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Explainer: Assessing the new Leones 90 days after becoming legal tender 

Fayia J. Moseray December 12, 2022 1

Introduction The name of Sierra Leone’s legal tender is ‘Leone/’Leones’. The Leones were due to the independence...

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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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False; Ghanaians, Sierra Leoneans not banned from travelling to UAE

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False; Ghanaians, Sierra Leoneans not banned from travelling to UAE

Fayia J. Moseray, Michael Aidoo November 4, 2022 0

Claim: Ghana, Sierra Leone, and 18 other African countries have been banned from travelling to the United...

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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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Kush, the ‘sleeping drug’ slowly killing Sierra Leonean youth

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Kush, the ‘sleeping drug’ slowly killing Sierra Leonean youth

Fayia J. Moseray October 29, 2022 1

In recent years, the youth of Sierra Leone have taken to the use of synthetic marijuana/drug called...

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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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Explainer: The Global Magnitsky Act and Liberia’s 3 Corrupt Officials

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Explainer: The Global Magnitsky Act and Liberia’s 3 Corrupt Officials

Jackson C. Clay Jr. September 8, 2022 0

Liberians were greeted with a report released by the US Treasury Department under the Global Magnitsky Act,...

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