GhanaFact

08/08/2025

Press Release: FactSpace West Africa launched its weekly radio show, 'The Fact Space' on Thursday, August 7, 2025, on Radio Univers 105.7 FM.

Join us every Thursday from 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm as we help you sift between fact and fiction.

https://factspace.org/the-fact-space-factspace-west-africa-starts-weekly-radio-show/

08/08/2025

GhanaFact has previously debunked the claim that the cedi officially traded at GH¢17 to one dollar under the former government, but the claim has become one that never seems to die.

We distill how official and unofficial rates have contributed to what could potentially become a never-ending economic debate.

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Over the past few months, GhanaFact has monitored the persistent narrative that during the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, the Ghana cedi

08/08/2025

Ghana's tragic helicopter crash: GhanaFact found images and videos of previous crashes, which were misleadingly portrayed as the August 6 incident.

They include:

1. The Indian chopper crash that killed 7 people on June 15, 2025.

2. ⁠ Video of a March 19, 2024, Ghana Air Force helicopter crash in Bonsukrom, in the Western Region

3. ⁠Photos shared by the Ghana Fire Service in response to the incident in Bonsukrom.

We also found a case of AI hallucination, where Google's AI overview feature claimed a March 2024 image was from the recent accident.

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On August 6, 2025, the Ghana government, through the Chief of Staff, confirmed the death of eight persons, including two cabinet ministers, in a helicopter

08/08/2025

Yesterday, August 7, 2025, FactSpace West Africa held the first edition of “The FactSpace,” a new radio show dedicated to helping you master media literacy.

We'll be on Radio Universe 105.7 FM every Thursday at 4:30 p.m., tackling information disorder and empowering you to distinguish facts from fiction.

07/08/2025

Misinformation often thrives in times of conflict or accidents.

GhanaFact busts three instances of social media misinformation around the August 6 military helicopter crash.

We expose how an image from an Indian crash and footage from a 2024 chopper crash in Bonsukrom were portrayed as recent.

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On August 6, 2025, the Ghana government, through the Chief of Staff, confirmed the death of eight persons, including two cabinet ministers, in a helicopter

06/08/2025

Military Helicopter Crash: Here is an initial statement from the Ghana Armed Forces

MISSING GHANA AIRFORCE Z9 HELICOPTER

06/08/2025

Multiple news websites recently reported that Parliament has approved that all oil revenue and mineral royalties be allocated to the Big Push Programme.

Our investigation shows these reports are false because only revenue under the ABFA (a 70% allocation of the funds) is dedicated to the flagship project.

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Claim: Parliament approves request to dedicate all oil revenues and mineral royalties to the Big Push programme

05/08/2025

Did the government allocate GH¢100 million for rural telephony projects in the 2025 budget?

We found that the GIFEC CEO, Tanko Rashid-Computer, understated the correct allocation of GH¢147 million as captured in the parliamentary Hansard.

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On July 29, 2025, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Electronic Fund for Communications (GIFEC), Tanko Rashid-Computer, claimed the government has

05/08/2025

Do you often receive unsolicited social media messages claiming you've won a prize or urging you to click a link and provide your details to claim some reward?

These messages and links are malicious and facilitate phishing attacks.

Here is a media literacy piece that explains how to stay safe from such attacks.

It is either a message promising a job offer, a giveaway, or an urgent alert from a supposed institution; phishing attacks are becoming frequent and harder to

04/08/2025

Claims on social media and news websites suggest that the recent death from Mpox announced by the Ghana Health Service is the first since the initial outbreak in June 2022.

GhanaFact's investigation shows that four (4) people died in 2022, so the claim is false.

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Claim: Ghana records its first death from Mpox since June 2022.

04/08/2025

FactSpace Sierra Leone fact-checked a claim about the temporary shutdown of the country's largest referral hospital, Connaught.

Our investigation shows that only the mortuary was to be closed, not the entire facility, as shared on Facebook.

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A popular Sierra Leonean Facebook blogger, Hawanatu Konneh, on July 22, 2025, claimed that Connaught Hospital — one of Sierra Leone’s longest-serving medical