Sierra Leone

Get the latest Sierra Leone fact-checks from FactSpace West Africa, an independent, non-partisan organisation working to tackle mis/disinformation and propaganda across West Africa.

Clean cooking strides in West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, The Gambia lagging as Ghana, Nigeria lead

Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • May 25, 2026

‘I never promised Lungi Bridge in my manifesto’ – Deconstructing Sierra Leone prez’s claim

Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • May 18, 2026

FACT-CHECK: Only 1.5% of Sierra Leoneans have access to clean cooking, First Lady’s claim True

Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • May 8, 2026

Pumps, prices and subsidies: How Anglophone West Africa managed fuel amid Middle East war

Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • April 10, 2026

Misleading! Sierra Leone’s Julius Maada Bio is NOT the current UN Security Council president

Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • November 10, 2025

The climate imperative – West African leaders make a strong case at 80th UNGA

Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • October 8, 2025

FACT-CHECK: How many countries can Sierra Leonean passport holders visit visa-free?

Rabiu Alhassan • September 23, 2025

2025 Mpox vaccination footprints across West Africa – Here is all you need to know

Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • September 5, 2025

FACT-CHECK: Finance Department of Sierra Leone Football Association broken into but not looted

Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • August 22, 2025

Hoax! WhatsApp message of Sierra Leone president gifting 20GB data is a scam

Rabiu Alhassan • August 15, 2025

Misleading! Sierra Leone’s largest referral hospital was not billed for temporary closure

Rabiu Alhassan • July 25, 2025

False! President Maada Bio is not the first Sierra Leonean Head of State to head ECOWAS

Shaban Abdur Rahman Alfa • June 24, 2025