Sierra Leone
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DUBAWA launches Community Verification/Fact-checking Service with IFCN, Meta support
DUBAWA, a fact-checking arm of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), has launched a community verification service that…
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Lessons Sierra Leone can learn from Nigeria’s elections
Last week, Africa’s largest democracy – Nigeria, went to the polls to elect its leaders. As votes were cast in…
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Sierra Leone election: How abuse and incendiary language could spark tensions
Every five years, Sierra Leoneans go to the poll to elect new representatives and leaders across the political spectrum. That…
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Bengali/Bangla has never been used as Sierra Leone’s official language
Claim: Viral news articles published by “The Indiana Express, Dhaka Tribune” stated that the Bangladesh language named: ‘Bengali/Bangla’ was announced…
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Sierra Leone 2023 Election: Tracking the differences between voter and national identity cards
Sierra Leoneans are no strangers to Identity Cards (IDs), whether Voter IDs or National IDs, citizens have been impressed upon…
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Swarming photo of football fans has no connection with Samura Kamara’s entry into Freetown
Claim: A known Sierra Leonean social media activist, Sheka Forna, posted a photo claiming to be scenes of what happened…
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False! No fatality recorded from Bo Stadium incident
Claim: An online news platform, Theorganiser.net, claims that Bo Stadium collapsed and killed some school girls. Verdict: False! The entire…
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How “Void Votes” could decide 2023 election in Sierra Leone
There will be 3,374,358 people voting in the general election this June, the highest since Sierra Leone started democratic elections…
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Explainer – Celebrating victory in the ‘war’ for 30% quota for women
‘The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.’ –– Mahatma Gandhi…
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Dealing with fake press releases for the media in Sierra Leone
Fake press releases are becoming frequent in Sierra Leone. Depending on the number of events happening in the country, there…
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