Local Voices Liberia Fact Check

LVL Fact Checking Desk tracks and debunks #mis/#disinformation & #fakenews in #Liberia. We are non-partisan & dedicated to countering distorted info.

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Environmental Justice Foundation Program Officer Augustine Fayiah claimed 33,000 fishers depend on fishery resources in #Liberia. We've fact-checked the claim and found that while he's correct, this includes fish processors and dealers. https://t.co/iTof7KbpQV

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NPA Boss’ Claim About Contribution to Nat’l Budget During Weah Administration is Misleading. @MicatLiberia
@Internews_LIB @reloadedRoberts @AlasMoJ
https://t.co/3wfNkGK8QS

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Does Paynesville City Law Require Annual Painting of Homes? Read the #fact here. https://t.co/1g2RQ1vErr
@MicatLiberia @UNDPLiberia @SwedeninLiberia @UN_Liberia

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Senator #AmaraKonneh rated girls’ high school graduation rate in Gbarpolu County at 2%, saying it is the lowest in #Liberia. Did he get his facts right? https://t.co/LyzvxZF39V
@MicatLiberia @Nvasamka @AlasMoJ

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Today's fact-check segment on OKFM 99.5 & OKTV was packed with essential truths. If you missed it, don't worry—we've got you covered! Here's a chance to listen again. https://t.co/GWEmkO3S4Q

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Commerce Minister Amin Modad on May 20 claimed the Gov't of India imposed an additional 4% on the existing 20% duty fee on the export of parboiled rice. But facts show no additional export tariff imposed.
https://t.co/ARwDsBaYOJ

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Since #Liberian Gov't announced an increment of the price of 25kg bag of Indian parboiled rice, a former official of @GeorgeWeahOff regime claimed the price was kept at US$14 in the first 4yrs of the former administration. Is he Correct? https://t.co/ztzliSQPKt

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#Liberia's Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), claims the price of 25kg bag of rice & a gallon of gas during the first 100 days of Pres. Joe Boakai admin increased by L$300 & L$200 -- more than the price before his inauguration. We checked:
https://t.co/9ozWtICBuw

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As #Liberia grapples with the consequences of open dumping & burning of garbage, environmental & health experts are calling for urgent action to address this crisis. We explain the public health impact of burning garbage in the open. https://t.co/2QCkd43xum

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In his 1st #SONA, Pres. Joe Boakai said the stock of #Liberia public debt by end December 2017 was US$878.17 million but has grown by US$1.33 billion (US$2.21 billion) in 2023.

We checked. #FactCheckingSONA @MicatLiberia @emansionliberia
https://t.co/2wa4AiYdiY

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#FactCheck: Social media claims that #Liberian Senate rejected Cllr. Ndubusi Nwabudike as Chairman of NEC NEC due to his Nigerian parentage is Incorrect. #separatingfactfromfiction #liberiacheck2024
@emansionliberia @Internews_LIB
https://t.co/hY29oxyr9r

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2023ElectionLiveChecks: Fact Checking Presidential Run-off Election
@AfricaCheck @Ibnyei @Internews_LIB @NECLiberia
@UNDPLiberia
https://t.co/2NRxAdHbDs via @Local Voices Liberia

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Please follow our live fact check blog as we verify claims made on election day - #Liberia Presidential Run-off election 2023.

@AfricaCheck @Ibnyei @Sultanaayama @Internews_LIB
@USAIDLiberia @UNDPLiberia

https://t.co/2NRxAdHbDs

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#FactCheck: Our review of a viral WhatsApp screenshop displaying tets from the CD chairman is fake.
@Ibnyei @UNDPLiberia @AlphaSenkpeni1 https://t.co/b5kMuoBJuV

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#FactCheck: #Liberian Pres. @GeorgeWeahOff claims in a campaign speech that he “built more hospitals than any President in the history of this [Liberia] country”. But the facts show otherwise. #iVerify @UNDPLiberia @Ibnyei @Internews_LIB https://t.co/9KI9SpWqRO

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#factcheck: A link containing a message that Pres @GeorgeWeahOff is giving out free 10GB of internet data and LD$500 to supporters to rally online and vote for his re-election is #fake.
@NECLiberia @UNDPLiberia @Ibnyei
#iVerify https://t.co/tHFwTt8qxg

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#FactCheck: A claim by a former Maryland County Senator that the #Liberian gov't cut budget to the LDEA in the last 3-4 years is mostly correct. https://t.co/1Bwyxs7qmF
#iVerify #LiberiaDecides2022
@UNDPLiberia @Ibnyei @Internews_LIB @MicatLiberia @AfricaCheck

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#FactCheck: #Facebook claims that @embassymonrovia deployed a staff to test a rock believed by locals to be #diamonds is misleading. We checked, and here's the detail 👇🏾 https://t.co/d18EOmBTra
@Ibnyei @AlphaSenkpeni1 @Internews_LIB @MicatLiberia @AfricaCheck @JewelHTaylorOff

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#FactCheck: Did #Liberia #agriculture sector grow better last year? Yes, the data shows some progress.https://t.co/PvnhYM9j73
@FAOLiberia @MicatLiberia @mfdp_lib @Internews_LIB @Ibnyei
@USAIDLiberia

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#FactCheck: Claim by President @GeorgeWeahOff he disarmed #JoeBoakai at the end of #LiberiaCivilWar is misleading. Here's why 👇🏾
https://t.co/2MZeNe16CR
@NECLiberia @Ibnyei @ecowas_cedeao @EU_Commission @AlasMoJ @AlphaSenkpeni1
#LiberiaDecides2023