Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone: New updates on jailbreak and “attempted coup”
Sierra Leone is still in shock after the Sunday, Nov. 26th, violent attack and the freeing of prisoners. A group…
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Jailbreak at Padema Road Prison, true
Claim: Viral videos on social media suggest prisoners from the country’s biggest prison, Pademba Road Correctional Center, have escaped, with…
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Gunshots and curfew in Sierra Leone: What you need to know
Sierra Leone is in lockdown after President Julius Maada Bio declared a curfew on Sunday morning. The streets of Freetown…
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DUBAWA 2023 fellows graduate in style
Graduating fellows at the Prof Kwame Karikari fellowship, a flagship initiative of DUBAWA, a West African fact-checking organisation, were celebrated…
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Viral release accuses WAEC staff of indulging in examination malpractice, false
Claim: A press release purported to have emanated from the West African Examination Council – Sierra Leone (WAEC-SL) has gone…
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DUBAWA’s Annual Week for Truth: Promoting Media and Information Literacy in Digital Spaces
With support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), operating through its…
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FALSE! No new $165 tax for passengers
Claim: A report has gone viral, claiming that passengers travelling by air to Sierra Leone will start paying $165 more…
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Viral link promising financial cushion from SLCB, fake
Claim: A viral post shared on WhatsApp, purporting to come from the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB), is promising a…
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Manipulated Content: Global Times front page was doctored
Claim: A circulated image of the front page story of the Global Times newspaper alleges that President Bio’s aide stole…
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The debacle of September 11 and Sierra Leone’s violent protest
September 11, 2001, is remembered worldwide for the terror that occurred when two planes flew into the World Trade Center…
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