How ‘Igbo king in Ghana’ video triggered #NigeriansMustGo demo, hate speech on WhatsApp
Introduction In 2018, the guest of honour at Ghana’s 61st Independence Day parade was the late Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari. In...
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Bawku violence: Meta pulls down inciteful posts on Facebook following GhanaFact investigations
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has taken action by pulling down violent, hateful, and inciteful posts on the popular...
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Hundreds dead in Bawku chieftaincy conflict, and social media is partly to blame!
This report contains graphic and sensitive content Before the first gunshot was fired in Bawku and renewed violence erupted in...
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LGBTQ+ in Ghana: Mapping out the online tactics used to reinforce popular opposition
LGBTQ+ in Ghana: Mapping out the online tactics used to reinforce popular opposition A social media analysis of conversations about...
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#OccupyJulorbiHouse: How the police crackdown on protesters triggered angry Ghanaians onto the streets of Accra
The 3-day #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest was one that was going nowhere, at least if the low-interest levels among netizens in the...
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REPORT: Police arrests 5 involved in Wagner-backed shadowy online network after organising protest in Ghana
On Monday, August 14, 2023, GhanaFact spotted a post on X /Twitter that reported the arrest of some protestors by the...
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