Fact Checks

Summary: A website claiming that the Ministry of Education is offering free online courses and free job offers has no link with the government of Liberia. The Ministry of Education …

Summary: Claims that the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia’s visa service changes are linked to the Independence Day remarks by Dr. Robtel Pailey are Misleading. Our fact check has found that …

Summary: A claim by Spoon TV that Liberian athlete and Olympian Joseph Fahnbulleh is Africa’s fastest man, is incorrect. We have fact-checked this looking at relevant sources. On August 8, …

In Summary: President Joseph N. Boakai claimed that Liberia has a coastline of 4,300 miles but we have checked and found the number is incorrect. On August 6 President Joseph …

In Summary: Liberia’s Minister of Gender Children and Social Protection Gbeme Horace Kollie claimed that women constitute “more than half” of the country’s population, but we have verified the claim …

Summary: Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon claimed that the Heads of State of the Mano River Union (MRU) have not met in the last eleven years, since April 2013. …

Summary: Janga Kowo, Congress for Democratic Change Acting Chairman, recently appeared in a live interview and claimed that the State-run University of Liberia and all public universities were benefiting from …

Summary: Senator Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence, Pro-tempore of the Liberian Senate, has claimed that the Liberian Senate does not have a DSA budget line. We have fact-checked this claim by reviewing the …

Summary: A link claiming that the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) is giving out free 75 kWh/units to celebrate Liberia’s Independence Day is going viral. We have checked the link and …

Summary: Two former officials of the immediate past government have claimed that the 14 Military Hospital was built in the first six months of the regime of former President George …