Sierra Leone
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US Air Force flight landed in Sierra Leone to refuel, not to arrest
Claim: A social media user is alleging that 5,000 [officers] from the US Air Force landed at the Sierra Leone…
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False; Orange Sierra Leone is not offering free data to old customers
Claim: A viral WhatsApp post claimed that Orange Sierra Leone is offering its old customers free data. Verdict: False! In…
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Misleading! Churches in Kenema were not prohibited from holding services
Claim: Posts by Facebook users Je Suis ProtonicFeeling and Erica Ruth Bangura claimed that churches were entirely prohibited from holding…
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FALSE! Military officer who committed suicide, Lance Kanyako, did not expose Koita in Coup attempt
Claim: A news publication by Sierraloaded claimed that the military officer who exposed Koita in the coup attempt had shot…
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Sierra Leone records new polio cases: All you need to know
On March 8 and 9, Sierra Leone recorded two cases of polio. This is the first case of polio in…
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Object-wearing goalkeeper in viral image not Ivory Coast’s Fofana in AFCON final
Claim: A photo of a goalkeeper with an item suspected of ‘black magic’ strapped behind his back has gone viral.…
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Claims rapper M.I getting his first one million views, FALSE
Claim: Popular entertainment blog Hip Hop Ville has reported that after 20 years, Nigerian rapper MI Abaga is just getting…
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The road ahead for Sierra Leone’s tripartite committee
It’s already February 2024, and Sierra Leone is still trying to fix the remnants of a closely fought June 2023…
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The Media, a Virus or Vaccine for correcting Information Disorder?
By Francis Sowa, Ph.D. Lecturer 1, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone Email: fsowa2007@yahoo.com, francis.sowa@usl.edu.sl, Abstract The…
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Viral claim tickets for Freetown’s new buses last 12 hours, false
Claim: Numerous social media users claim that the tickets for new buses will last for 12 hours. Verdict: False. The…
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