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NPP Manifesto Launch: 2 Claims by Alan Kyeremanten Fact-Checked – Both False

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A Project of The Media Foundation for West Africa. NPP Manifesto Launch: 2 Claims by Alan Kyeremanten Fact-Checked Both False. October 10, 2016. According to the World Bank, about 48 percent of Ghanaians between the ages of 15-24 are unemployed. In 2015, manufacturing recorded a negative growth of -2 percent while mining recorded a negative growth of -3.8 percent. So contrary to Mr. Kyeremanten’s claim, the manufacturing sub-sector did not record a negative growth in 2015. Additionally, it is par...NPP M...

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The African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) Campaign: Home

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The African Platform for Access to Information (APAI) Declaration. The African motion for adoption of the APAI declaration was moved by Advocate Pansy Tlakula, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, and seconded by Honourable Norris Tweah, Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism for the Republic of Liberia. International Right to Information (RTI) Day. 28th September: Right to Information Day. 124; About us.

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NPP Manifesto Launch: Pres. Kufuor’s Claim on Per Capita Income & Middle Income Status - Half True

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A Project of The Media Foundation for West Africa. NPP Manifesto Launch: Pres. Kufuor’s Claim on Per Capita Income & Middle Income Status – Half True. October 10, 2016. Former President, John Agyekum Kufour’s claim about Ghana’s per capita income and middle income status were found to be half-true when fact-checked. He was speaking at the New Patriotic Party’s manifesto launch in Accra on October 09, 2016. NDC’s Setting the Records Straight Forum: Six Claims Fact-checked Only One Entirely True. NDC’s Set...

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Bawumia on Campaign Trail: 3 Claims Fact-Checked - One Mostly True, Others Half True & Misleading

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A Project of The Media Foundation for West Africa. Bawumia on Campaign Trail: 3 Claims Fact-Checked – One Mostly True, Others Half True & Misleading. October 28, 2016. Firstly, Dr. Bawumia made the below claim when he spoke at the Nyankpala Campus of the University for Development studies. Similar to the government’s position on the teacher training institutions, allowances paid to nursing trainees had also been discontinued. But unlike the teacher trainees, the nursing trainees could not automatical...

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NPP Manifesto Launch: 5 Claims by Dr. Bawumia Fact-Checked – Only One Entirely True

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A Project of The Media Foundation for West Africa. NPP Manifesto Launch: 5 Claims by Dr. Bawumia Fact-Checked Only One Entirely True. October 10, 2016. Moody’s did not upgrade Ghana. Ghana’s rating under Moody’s is still B – . It is only the outlook that has been revised. And that is not equivalent to a change in ratings or a ratings upgrade. According to an announcement by Moody’s Investor’s Service. And not an upgrade. That, An Affirmation is generally issued to communicate Moody’s opinion that a publi...

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Pres. Mahama on Campaign Trail: 3 Claims Fact-Checked

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A Project of The Media Foundation for West Africa. Pres Mahama on Campaign Trail: 3 Claims Fact-Checked. November 4, 2016. If you look at Ghana’s economy, the services sector has overtaken the agriculture sector as the largest contributor to GDP. We started the NHIS in 2005. By 2008, those who went to the hospital (under the NHIS) were 9 million. In 2015, 29 million people attended hospital. Indeed, according to the NHIA, outpatient utilization of health care services in respect of NHIS subscribers incre...

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Pres. Mahama Fact-Checked: Cedi Stabilisation, Domestic Borrowing and Pharmaceutical Sector Claims - True

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A Project of The Media Foundation for West Africa. Pres Mahama Fact-Checked: Cedi Stabilisation, Domestic Borrowing and Pharmaceutical Sector Claims – True. November 17, 2016. Pres Mahama addressed the 12. The Cedis has stabilised quite comfortably. Pres Mahama’s claim of the stabilisation of Ghana’s currency (Ghana Cedi) was found to be mostly true. This is because the Cedi has recently experienced much less depreciation. Against major currencies and even recorded some appreciation. Source: Bank of Ghana.

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Pres. Mahama’s Letter to Supporters Fact-checked: Corruption Claim – Half True

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A Project of The Media Foundation for West Africa. Pres Mahama’s Letter to Supporters Fact-checked: Corruption Claim Half True. November 10, 2016. President Mahama, in a letter titled The Homestretch to his teeming supporters and Ghanaians in general, pointed to how humbled he is to have been given the opportunity to govern and thanked Ghanaians for the support. Of course he made some claims, four of which were fact-checked by MFWA’s team. Below are the claims and their details. Ghana is currently ranked...

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Our Network

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Free Expression and The Law. Democratic Republic Of Congo. AFEX is an independent, voluntary network established by the African members of IFEX. Its membership is institutional and limited to African members of IFEX; thus for an organisation to be a member of AFEX, they must be a member of IFEX. The nine (9) organisations that currently make up AFEX are connected by a shared commitment and responsibility to defend and promote freedom of expression as a fundamental human right. The Center for Media Studie...