{"id":25065,"date":"2025-10-15T10:42:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=25065"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:42:46","slug":"misleading-freetown-international-airport-not-best-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/misleading-freetown-international-airport-not-best-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Misleading! Freetown International Airport not best in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Claim: <\/strong>A viral Facebook post by Born 2 Blog claims that the new Freetown International Airport is currently the best in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8679caacd850e402a6e1a119cce53903 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#7f7e07\"><strong>Verdict: <\/strong>Misleading. According to the latest Skytrax Airport Awards, Cape Town International Airport in South Africa is the best airport in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A post shared widely on Facebook by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1CFQzBgYg2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Born 2 Blog<\/a>, with reactions and shares praising the newly built Freetown International Airport in Sierra Leone, called it \u201cthe best airport in Africa currently.\u201d The post included attractive images of the airport terminal, sparking excitement and pride among Sierra Leoneans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of its potential misinformation, DUBAWA decided to fact-check the claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airports are ranked internationally based on passenger experience, facilities, efficiency, and global standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DUBAWA checked the international rankings of airports in Africa using Skytrax, a globally recognised organisation that issues annual awards for the world\u2019s best airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/share.google\/GvwZwqMlTPEQlJ20L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skytrax<\/a> 2025 rankings, Cape Town International Airport in South Africa is currently ranked as the best in Africa. It has consistently won this award over the years, followed by airports in Durban and Johannesburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DUBAWA also contacted Moseray Benjamin, a member of the media team at the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority. He confirmed that while the new Freetown International Airport is a significant improvement for Sierra Leone\u2019s aviation sector, it has not yet been ranked by Skytrax as the best in Africa. He added that the new airport has brought international-standard facilities to Sierra Leone, but according to the Skytrax rankings, Cape Town International Airport remains the best in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The claim that Freetown International Airport is the best in Africa is misleading. Although the airport is modern and a source of national pride, Cape Town International Airport holds the official title as the best in Africa according to Skytrax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claim: A viral Facebook post by Born 2 Blog claims that the new Freetown International Airport is currently the best in Africa. Verdict: Misleading. According to the latest Skytrax Airport Awards, Cape Town International Airport in South Africa is the best airport in Africa. Full Text A post shared widely on Facebook by Born 2 Blog, with reactions and shares praising the newly built Freetown International Airport in Sierra Leone, called it \u201cthe best airport in Africa currently.\u201d The post included attractive images of the airport terminal, sparking excitement and pride among Sierra Leoneans. Because of its potential misinformation, DUBAWA decided to fact-check the claim. Airports are ranked internationally based on passenger experience, facilities, efficiency, and global standards. Verification DUBAWA checked the international rankings of airports in Africa using Skytrax, a globally recognised organisation that issues annual awards for the world\u2019s best airports. According to the Skytrax 2025 rankings, Cape Town International Airport in South Africa is currently ranked as the best in Africa. It has consistently won this award over the years, followed by airports in Durban and Johannesburg. DUBAWA also contacted Moseray Benjamin, a member of the media team at the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority. He confirmed that while the new Freetown International Airport is a significant improvement for Sierra Leone\u2019s aviation sector, it has not yet been ranked by Skytrax as the best in Africa. He added that the new airport has brought international-standard facilities to Sierra Leone, but according to the Skytrax rankings, Cape Town International Airport remains the best in Africa. Conclusion The claim that Freetown International Airport is the best in Africa is misleading. Although the airport is modern and a source of national pride, Cape Town International Airport holds the official title as the best in Africa according to Skytrax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,120,3815,1268],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[4421],"class_list":["post-25065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-economy","category-homepage","category-sierra-leone"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-6wh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":4421,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"usman-fambuleh","display_name":"Usman Fambuleh","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-15-at-10.40.20-AM.png?fit=615%2C458&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25067,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25065\/revisions\/25067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25065"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=25065"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=25065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}