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05/09/2025

Posts on social media suggest that President Mahama has stated recently that Free SHS is not sustainable due to funding challenges.

GhanaFact investigations show the claim is a recirculation of a falsehood that first surfaced on X in December 2024.

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Claim: Free SHS will be difficult to sustain because of inadequate funding 

05/09/2025

Can the FBI clear a Ghanaian politician under investigation by a local investigative body?

Sections of the media recently reported that former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, had been cleared of corruption by the FBI, citing an OSP report. The OSP disagreed with the reports.

GhanaFact investigated the claim and shares findings in this article.
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Claim: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) clears former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, of corruption

05/09/2025

No! Mahama did not lose the 2016 election with a one million vote difference.

Final results as declared by EC
Akufo-Addo - 5,767,076
Mahama - 4,807,229
Difference - 959,847

Read more: https://ghanafact.com/fact-check-was-john-mahama-defeated-by-over-1-million-votes-in-2016-elections/

04/09/2025

Our weekly radio show 'The Fact Space' will be live at 4:30 PM on Radio Univers 105.7 FM.

Join us as we review this week's reports and dissect topics around disinformation and how to combat it.

04/09/2025

Nigeria has launched an mpox vaccination campaign for selected groups in 12 high-burden states to curb the spread of the disease.

Adults aged 18 and above who had contact with a confirmed mpox case, frontline health workers, individuals with a weakened immune system and persons with high-risk sexual behaviours are in line for the double-dose vaccine.

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The World Health Organisation Africa Office (WHO AFRO) has announced Nigeria’s launch of Mpox vaccination campaigns across 12 high-burden states to curb the

03/09/2025

Did the NDC promise to impose a state of emergency on galamsey?

As calls for the fight against illegal small-scale mining intensify, conversations in the media space suggest that the NDC in opposition promised to declare a state of emergency to combat galamsey.

In this explainer, we analyse why claims to that effect are incorrect, relying on publicly available data about what the then-candidate John Mahama, the NDC and other top functionaries said about the galamsey fight at the time.

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Illegal small-scale mining (known as galamsey) in Ghana has remained a national concern in that last decade with the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP)

02/09/2025

The Akwatia Constituency is the first to hold a new parliamentary election since the 2024 general elections.

Today's by-election was triggered by the demise of the sitting MP, Ernest Yaw Kumi, on July 7, 2025.

Here is an explainer on key perspectives around the high-stakes election. Read more:

This call was triggered by the death on July 7, 2025, of Ernest Yaw Kumi, the immediate past New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Akwatia

02/09/2025

A post from the Nigerian presidency suggested that the Japanese government planned to issue a special visa for highly skilled Nigerians who wish to move to Kisarazu (a symbolic hometown for Nigerians in Japan) to work.

FactSpace Nigeria's findings from a statement by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency show that the widely reported claim is false.

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Claim: The Japanese government plans to create a special visa category for highly skilled, innovative, and talented young Nigerians.  

01/09/2025

Is the Gates Foundation launching the world's first contraceptive that can prevent pregnancy over an eight-year period, in Kenya, Nigeria, and India?

GhanaFact's investigation reveals that hormonal Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) are not new on the market; we also did not find any news reports of the Foundation announcing any such programme in the listed countries.

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Claim: Gates Foundation to launch the world’s first contraceptive that would prevent pregnancy for eight years in women in Kenya 

01/09/2025

The Nigerian government, in 2024, got three tech platforms (Google, LinkedIn and TikTok) to deactivate 13.5 million accounts and take down nearly 59 million posts identified as harmful content.

According to NITDA, this marks a significant step towards creating a safer and more responsible digital environment for Nigerians.

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Three global tech giants, Google, LinkedIn, and TikTok, in 2024, agreed to pull down close to 59 million social media posts deemed as harmful content by the

29/08/2025

This week, GES, Immigration Service, GRA and UG used their social media handles to disclaim misinformation around their operations.

This article highlights the various disclaimers the institutions issued.

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On August 27, the GES posted a disclaimer with a FAKE inscription across a quote card that had been created from the alleged reinstatement.

29/08/2025

In Episode 4 of The FactSpace, we review a two-day fact-checking workshop organized by FactSpace West Africa for the Ghana News Agency. We also discuss the issue of a government email outage even as Ghana celebrated the 2025 National ICT week.

Listen now on Spotify and Afripods, and share your thoughts on the issues discussed!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pU38RX16PJgGs26Y1RIKa?si=vc7F_YG3SZu_XUpc0PGDhQ

Afripods: https://afripods.africa/episode/episode-4-fact-checking-training/97ebd040-84e0-11f0-8be6-cd4b99dcfe02 #

This episode of The Fact Space takes you through a two-day fact-checking workshop FactSpace West Africa organized for Ghana News Agency journalists,…