Claim: Chairman of the New Patriotic Party’s Manifesto Subcommittee on the economy, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has claimed that the GDP growth and the budget deficit...
Claim: Beatrice Annan, a deputy spokesperson of ex-Ghanaian President John Mahama, has shared a video of a muddied waterfall purportedly filmed in 2024, which she blamed...
Claim: John Dramani Mahama, the 2024 flagbearer of Ghana’s opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), says the party increased the country’s power-generating capacity from 1,810 megawatts in 2007 to...
Claim: Frank Annoh-Dompreh, a lawmaker with Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), claims that one unique attribute of Koreans is that they retain a well-performing government.
Verdict:...
Claim: Multiple sources say Asamoah Gyan, an ex-Ghana Black Stars striker, has described the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) as unserious and regretted joining their campaign team.
Verdict:...
Claim: The National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, has shared an image purportedly showing Ghana’s Second Lady, Samira Bawumia,...
Claim: Ex-Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has alleged that the country’s financial support from the international community during the COVID-19 pandemic was GHȼ27 billion.
Verdict: False. DUBAWA’s probe showed...
Claim: Ex-Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has alleged that the country’s financial support from the international community during the COVID-19 pandemic was GHȼ27 billion.
Verdict: False. DUBAWA’s probe showed...
An opposition Ghanaian lawmaker, Haruna Iddrisu, has berated Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the country’s “worst” cost of living.
The former Employment and Labour...
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Ghana’s Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Afia Akoto, has registered her discontent with public claims that the governing New...
Claim: A Facebook user posted images claiming that new roads are being constructed in Hohoe township in the Volta Region.
Verdict: Misleading. DUBAWA’s findings reveal that the pictures are...
Claim: The World Bank has commended Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo for strengthening the country’s banking sector, a viral WhatsApp message alleges.
Verdict: Misleading. DUBAWA’s Investigations showed that the Bretton...
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) unveiled its manifesto on Saturday, August 24, 2024, presenting a detailed strategy aimed at revitalizing Ghana’s economy, reducing economic...
Claim: The Member of Parliament for Bole Bamboi, Yusif Sulemana, has claimed that Ghana’s food inflation currently stands at 50%.
Verdict: False. Data from the Ghana Statistical Service...
Claim: Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the 2024 flagbearer of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), says industrial growth in the country had collapsed due to erratic power...
The Government Statistician, Prof Samuel Kobina Anim, has advocated a strong National Statistical System that will be independent and will not be influenced by...
The deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) in the news industry will transform newsroom practice, scale the work of media outlets, improve the efficiency of...
The Centre for Journalism, Innovation and Development (CJID) and DUBAWA have commenced training for forty journalists and researchers across Africa.
The 40 fellows will...
The claim is several years old, but a 2019 post to the Instagram page Submit Conspiracy Theories recently gained renewed attention.
The page is a place for followers...
Social media commentary captured in a news publication here claims that Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has committed Ghana to a vaccine pact to receive...
We’ve been fact-checking the most widely shared dubious coronavirus claims this week.
There’s no mandatory vaccine law in UK
First, we’ve looked at a widely shared...
On April 13, 2020, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a statement approving the disbursement of US$1 billion credit facility to the...
