Claim: Final Notice from Varun Pulyani Director of WhatsApp and Jim Balsamic CEO of WhatsApp informing users that WhatsApp is sold and will incur charges of 25.00 if not a frequent user. Source: WhatsApp Groups Verdict: False and Deceiving. Findings: WhatsApp, which…
Claim: Gov’t will spend half of the 2023 budget on Mayoral election Source: Voice Newspaper, the Gambia Verdict: Misleading headline On the 16th November, 2002 The Voice Newspaper made a publication with the headline that one Sheikhan Faal has claimed…
CLAIM: 3 UTG STAFF SACKED, IN ‘SEX FOR GRADES SCANDAL’ SOURCE: The Standard VERDICT: MISLEADING FINDING: Following the recent publication of the report on the investigations into the alleged grade alteration / tampering of students at the University of the…
CLAIM: The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) and the Senegalese Forces that are stationed in Casamance, the southern part of Senegal were reported to be on standoff on Tuesday morning as border crisis between the two neighboring countries continues in Kombo…
DESCRIPTION According to the information that reached the Fact Check Center, a group of people got into an altercation with the security forces that were on election duties. WHAT LED TO THE CLASH: It was said that there was a…
Claim: Did the Standard newspaper misquote the Minister of Defense? Source: Ministry of Defense Verdict: False Findings On March 30, 2023, the Standard newspaper reported that the Defense Minister of the Gambia, while answering oral questions from the National Assembly…
Claim: Honorable Seedy Njie at an event of the 145th IPU General Assembly that took place in Rwanda, said that the government of the Gambia under the leadership of his Excellency President Adama Barrow is a staunch advocate and champion…
Claim: Is the image used by Al Jazeera and DW Africa on their report about Ousman Sonko, the former interior minister of the Republic of the Gambia, who is charged with crimes against humanity, correct? SOURCE: Al Jazeera English and…
