Fact Checks

In Summary: Diaspora Alert published an article with a headline, “Edith Gongloe-Weh has an early lead in Nimba Senatorial by-elections.” We have reviewed the news story and found no evidence …

Summary: Two Facebook Blogs have posted photos claiming they represent the ongoing solar plant construction by the Liberia Electricity Corporation The two Facebook blogs made the posts on April 11 …

Closing Argument, a Facebook blog, on Monday shared a post with photographs it claimed are voter rolls published by the National Elections Commission (NEC) ahead of the Nimba County By-Election. …

Summary: The Managing Director of the LWSC claimed that Minister Sara Nyanti was the lone Presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. But a review of the 2023 final Presidential candidate …

Summary: Nimba County Senatorial By-election Candidate Edith Gonglo-Weh has claimed that Representative Samuel Kogar, who is also contesting the election, proposed a bill in 2018 to split the county into …

Summary:  The Managing Director of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC, Mohammed Ali, who is a stalwart of the Unity Party, claimed that the CDC has mandated all its …

Nimba County Senatorial Candidate Garrison Yealue claimed on a local radio station that the county has the highest cholera rate in Liberia. We have reviewed all the relevant data including …

In Summary: Assistant Information minister Maylouisa Noel Hill claims that tourism budget line in the national budget has always been zero She also claims that there is US$500,000 allocated in …

Summary: Some Facebook users and media outlets have claimed that Steve Zargo, former Commissioner General of the Liberia Immigration Service, attributed his removal from the LIS to his refusal to …

In Summary: The Secretary General of the Unity Party Youth Congress in Nimba County asserted in a Facebook post that Justin Oldpa Yeazeahn, known as Prophet Key, is not a …