Media Literacy
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Foreign diplomats and local politics: The case of Michael McCarthy, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia
On March 27, 2023, the White House announced a new US Ambassador to Liberia, Mark Christopher Toner. Mr Tober is…
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Meningitis Outbreak: All you need to know about its symptoms, causes, prevention, and treatment as cases rise in Jigawa
Full Text Meningitis cases have been a yearly occurrence in Nigeria, with a spike observed during the dry season. The…
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Seven tools often used by ‘disinformants’ to create fake narratives
Sometime last year, a video circulated on social media falsely showing Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, announcing a surrender…
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ZoomUpYourLife: How fraudsters manipulate Peter Okoye’s lottery scheme to fleece unsuspecting Nigerians through fake WhatsApp calls
For a while now, unproven allegations of fraud against Peter Okoye, the Nigerian music star, have remained unabated. On several…
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Is media freedom under threat?
In a recent article by The Standard Newspaper, Lamin Queen Jammeh, The Gambia’s Information Minister, stated that the media is…
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#Freefrombias: How to prevent stereotypes from rearing their ugly heads in fact-checks
It’s no news that the African culture is patriarchal and sexist. Typically, the culture deems male children better and more…
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President Weah’s Executive Order versus the Liberian Code of Conduct
President George Oppong Weah has courted huge controversy in Liberia after he demanded the resignations of public officers and appointees…
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Six things you need to know about Starlink as a user in Nigeria
It is no surprise that Starlink was one of the major searches on Google recently. In Nigeria, it trended for…
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Living in the dark and paying for it; the tale of Sierra Leone’s paralytic power supply
Introduction The Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) requires that countries across the globe should have “affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern…
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How Twitter user changed figures announced by INEC to spread fake news on Adamawa election
Using fake results online, social media users spread posts that the All Progressive Congress (APC) party candidate, Aishatu Dahiru, popularly…
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