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Claims rapper M.I getting his first one million views, FALSE

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Claims rapper M.I getting his first one million views, FALSE

Mohamed Jaward Nyallay February 18, 2024 0

Claim: Popular entertainment blog Hip Hop Ville has reported that after 20 years, Nigerian rapper MI Abaga...

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The road ahead for Sierra Leone’s tripartite committee

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The road ahead for Sierra Leone’s tripartite committee

Mohamed Jaward Nyallay February 13, 2024 0

It’s already February 2024, and Sierra Leone is still trying to fix the remnants of a closely...

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The Media, a Virus or Vaccine for correcting Information Disorder?

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The Media, a Virus or Vaccine for correcting Information Disorder?

Francis Sowa, Ph.D. February 12, 2024 0

By Francis Sowa, Ph.D. Lecturer 1, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone Email: fsowa2007@yahoo.com,...

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Viral claim tickets for Freetown’s new buses last 12 hours, false

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Viral claim tickets for Freetown’s new buses last 12 hours, false

Mohamed Jaward Nyallay February 3, 2024 0

Claim: Numerous social media users claim that the tickets for new buses will last for 12 hours....

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Call For Application: Kwame Karikari Fact-checking Fellowship 2024

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Call For Application: Kwame Karikari Fact-checking Fellowship 2024

Dubawa February 2, 2024 0

DUBAWA, Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, has opened the call for applications for its 2024 Kwame Karikari...

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Tourism Minister’s claim of “no pollution in Sierra Leone” is false

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Tourism Minister’s claim of “no pollution in Sierra Leone” is false

Mohamed Jaward Nyallay February 1, 2024 0

Claim: The tourism minister declared “no pollution in Sierra Leone” to attract tourists. Verdict: False. Many health...

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PRESS  RELEASE REGARDING BASELESS ALLEGATIONS MADE BY DR BLYDEN ON DUBAWA

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PRESS  RELEASE REGARDING BASELESS ALLEGATIONS MADE BY DR BLYDEN ON DUBAWA

Dubawa January 12, 2024 3

We wish to address a Facebook video featuring Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, wherein she disparages the work...

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Viral election-related disinformation across West Africa in 2023

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Viral election-related disinformation across West Africa in 2023

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo December 31, 2023 0

The year 2023 saw a shift in power in three West African Countries: Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra...

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Seven viral West African economy claims we fact-checked in 2023

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Seven viral West African economy claims we fact-checked in 2023

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo December 24, 2023 0

With the financial difficulties citizens of West African countries grappled with in 2023, the traditional and new...

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Koroma’s ‘house arrest’ and Sierra Leone’s  failed coup

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Koroma’s ‘house arrest’ and Sierra Leone’s  failed coup

Fayia J. Moseray December 22, 2023 0

Former Sierra Leonean President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, has been placed under “House Arrest” by the country’s...

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