Ghana

Opinion | How misinformation will be gender-based in Ghana’s upcoming elections

Fact-checkers must be on the lookout for narratives that target and diminish women candidates

March 29, 2024

Kwaku Krobea Asante

West Africa moves in unison to promote vaccination and curb falsehoods

A number of nonprofits, governments and internationally recognized organizations are working together in West Africa to tackle COVID-19 misinformation

April 21, 2022

‘There will always be claims of cheating’ in elections, but fact-checkers can work together to fight back

Speaking at Tuesday’s IFCN Talk, fact-checkers from Brazil, the Philippines and Ghana shared their collaborative efforts to help fact-check elections

June 15, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Factually: Fact-checkers have the answers to Joe Rogan’s vaccine hesitancy

The podcast host’s comments illustrate the questions fact-checkers have been answering throughout the pandemic.

April 29, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Factually: Falsehoods about COVID-19 suicides are nothing new for fact-checkers

The oft-repeated notion has been fact-checked at least 42 times by members of the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance

April 22, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Factually: US Fact-checkers pause to explain J&J

It comes less than a month after similar efforts by their European counterparts — This is the Apr. 15, 2021 edition of Factually.

April 15, 2021

Harrison Mantas

A nationwide fact-checking collaboration gets ready for elections in Ghana

Ghanaians heading to the polls for the Dec. 7 presidential election will be aided by…

December 1, 2020

Harrison Mantas

Dubawa Ghana spreads culture of fact-checking at training

A culture of "he said/she said is one of the biggest fights right now in…

March 4, 2020

Harrison Mantas

You would never guess who’s accusing the mainstream media of producing ‘fake news’

Guess which politician said the following quote: "Fake news continues to be a major creeping…

October 18, 2019

Cristina Tardáguila