“I only recently broke the brake fluid pipe of my car because of a pothole”: Shayma Sharif, 21, lamented.
For many, concerns about rampant potholes on roads and highways are mostly identifiable with under developed or developing countries like Ghana in West Africa.
Ghanaian international journalist, Nabil Ahmed Rufai has been adjudged the best journalist for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reporting
About six consecutive days of torrential rain has devastated several communities across the fifteen districts in Ghana’s upper east region, leaving a trail of deaths, destruction of buildings and farmlands in its wake.
The heavy downpour that started on October 6, is estimated to have displaced about 2,000 people, estimates by Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) show.
CLAIM: Former first lady Theresa Kufuor is dead.
SOURCE: Online media platform, Zionite Mass Media (owners of Zionite radio, Zionite TV and Zionite-online)
VERDICT: False. Zionite Mass Media has retracted the story and apologized to the Office of Former President John Kufuor.
Gambia’s independent, non-partisan fact-checking project working to curb the spread of misinformation and propaganda.
