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03/02/2025

Read more in our report:

https://ghanafact.com/2025/01/viral-video-of-us-immigration-officials-hunting-undocumented-africans-is-false/

03/02/2025

Dr Aurelia Ayisi, a lecturer with the University of Ghana's Department of Communication, emphasised the importance of the Ghana Fact-Checking Coalition during the launch of our report on January 29, 2025.

03/02/2025

MP for Nhyiaeso recently commented on Ghana’s 2016 and 2024 trade balance figures.

Our investigation shows he understated the balance for 2016 but got the 2024 figure accurate.

Read more in this report:

Claim: Ghana’s trade balance in 2016 was -2.3% and moved to 4.6% in 2024 Source: Stephen Amoah, MP for Nhyiaeso Constituency Verdict: Partly true Researched by Nusrat Essah The Member of Parliament for the Nhyiaeso Constituency, Stephen Amoah, during the ministerial vetting on January 23, 2025, cl...

01/02/2025

The US Embassy in Accra has not been set ablaze contrary to a viral WhatsApp post.

We dissected the post in this report:

Claim: American Embassy in Ghana set ablaze by irate Ghanaians Source: WhatsApp Verdict: False Researched by Alfa Shaban GhanaFact has surfaced a screenshot of a TikTok video on WhatsApp claiming that the United States Embassy in Ghana’s capital, Accra, had been set ablaze by angry Ghanaians on Ja...

30/01/2025

Social media has been buzzing with claims that the NPP's 2024 presidential candidate garnered 38.2% of the total valid votes from the December 7 elections.

Our findings show the claims are not accurate.

Here is a report detailing the genesis of the claims...

GhanaFact monitored a disinformation trend days after John Dramani Mahama was declared president-elect on December 8, 2024. According to viral posts across social media platforms, the Electoral Commission (EC) had gazetted 38.2% for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and 57.7% for the National Democratic...

30/01/2025

Fact-Check: Napo's claim that Ashanti Region gives the NDC its highest votes is False

29/01/2025

Launch of GFC report: Photos from the panel discussion

Theme: Countering Electoral Disinformation: Lessons from Ghana's 2024 elections

Moderator: Rabiu Alhassan, Director of FactSpace West Africa

29/01/2025

The Ghana Fact-checking Coalition has launched its report into the coverage of the 2024 general elections.

The Ghana Fact-checking Coalition (GFC), on January 29, 2025, launched a report on its work during Ghana’s 2024 general elections which began from December 4 to December 11. The report titled ‘Countering Electoral Disinformation: Lessons From Ghana’s 2024 Elections,’ highlights the coalition...

29/01/2025

𝐊𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐮 𝐊𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐚 𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞, 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 (𝐌𝐅𝐖𝐀) 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭.

29/01/2025

"𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭-𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠."

Hamid Yakub, UNESCO Ghana, Head of Communication Section

29/01/2025

"𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭-𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝."

Dr. Aurelia Ayisi
Lecturer, Department of Communication Studies, University of Ghana.

29/01/2025

"𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠."

Dr. George Sarpong, Executive Secretary of the National Media Commission, speaking at the launch of the Ghana Fact-checking Coalition's report on 2024 elections.

29/01/2025

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭-𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

28/01/2025

𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐏𝐏 𝐌𝐏 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐚 𝐔𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐈𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟐 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞.

Claim: Haruna Iddrisu is the first Minister of Education from the northern sector in the Fourth Republic. Source: Mustapha Ussif, MP for Yagaba Kubore Constituency Verdict: True Researched by Gifty Danso The immediate past Minister of Sports, Mustapha Ussif, on January 25, 2025, claimed Haruna Iddri...

28/01/2025

𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐨'𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐃𝐂 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞

Claim: The Ashanti Region has always delivered the highest number of votes for the NDC Source: Matthew Opoku Prempeh, alias Napo Verdict: False Researched by Nusrat Essah The Vice Presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2024 presidential election, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, ha...

27/01/2025

𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐤𝐮𝐟𝐨-𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐨-𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞

Claim: The previous NPP government had no outstanding debts to food suppliers Source: Kwaku Amedume, Spokesperson, National Food Suppliers Association Verdict: False Researched By Samuel Nii Adjetey A quote card developed and shared by AfricaFocus claims the spokesperson for the National Food Suppli...

24/01/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 (𝐡𝐌𝐏𝐕), 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒.

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐆𝐇𝐒 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚.