Liberia
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Explainer: Weah’s controversial opinion poll; real or phantom?
In the lead-up to the 2023 Presidential and Legislative elections in Liberia, major political actors have begun massive campaigns for…
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Liberia not the only eligible country to miss $1.2bn MCC grant
Claim: “All Countries that passed the MCC scorecard received hundreds of millions of dollars, except Liberia.” Verdict: False! Liberia is…
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Public Sector Investment not US$27million when George Weah became Liberia’s President
Claim: “We (CDC) took over from a place where they (Past Government, UP) had only US$ 27 million for public…
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Explainer: Tracking the law on presidential travels and Weah’s 48-days of globe-trotting
According to rule 13, Liberia’s government’s revised travel ordinance of 2016/2017, no trip out of the country should exceed more…
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Misleading, inflation has not gone up in Liberia
Claim: “Under President George Weah, the inflation rate has gone up,” a TV anchor in Nigeria asserts. Verdict: Misleading! Inflation…
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DUBAWA trains 21 fellows for Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking and Research Fellowship
West Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, DUBAWA, will, from Monday, December 5, kickstart the 2022/2023 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking Fellowship with…
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Liberian Finance Minister’s affirmation of US$50 per bag of rice price in Sierra Leone cannot be substantiated
Claim: “The price of rice in Sierra Leone is US$50,”- Samuel Tweah Verdict: No evidence to substantiate the assertion that…
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Call for application: The Kwame Karikari Fact-checking and Research Fellowship
The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), through its fact-checking project DUBAWA, is accepting applications for the 2022/2023 Kwame…
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False! Weah never promised to implement war and economic crimes court at UNGA
President George Weah told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2019 that he would have implemented the War and…
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False! President Weah did not win 78% of votes in 2017 election
‘I had 78% of the popular votes of the Liberian people’ – Weah According to the Liberian National Elections Commission…
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