Namibia Fact Check @FactNamibia

Namibia Fact Check is an impartial initiative that aims to verify public statements and media reports. Namibia Fact Check is a project of the @ipprnamibia. namibiafactcheck.org.na Windhoek Joined July 2019

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Code for Africa @Code4Africa

2 weeks ago

🇧🇫 Is Traore the new Thomas Sankara? Fake news and deepfakes glorifying Burkina Faso’s leader are spreading across Africa. Many liken Traoré to Thomas Sankara, but analysts warn that much of this content is coordinated disinformation. 💡bit.ly/4mzNpBV

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CIPESA @cipesaug

3 weeks ago

September is knocking… and you know what that means 👉🏾 the 2025 edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (#FIFAfrica25) is almost here! This year, we’re heading to #Namibia — where the desert meets the ocean 🌊🏜️, and where #pressfreedom, gender equity, and…

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Namibia Fact Check @FactNamibia

5 months ago

OPPORTUNITY ALERT! ... If you're a media / journalism student or recent graduate, this is for you. Please urgently indicate if you would like to participate, as space is limited ...

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Namibia Fact Check @FactNamibia

6 months ago

LAUNCH! ... Please join us tomorrow if you can, whether in-person or online, for the launch of our report on mis- & disinformation around #NamibiaElections2024? The launch will also be livestreamed on the @ipprnamibia Facebook page ...

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Namibia Fact Check @FactNamibia

6 months ago

Three months since #NamibiaElections2024 and no political party, politician, or social media user has yet come forward with credible evidence that the Zimbabwean ruling party had played a part in an alleged attempt to rig the elections ... namibiafactcheck.org.na/report/post-el…

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Namibia Fact Check @FactNamibia

6 months ago

Because of the lack of visual evidence to date, we consider the claim that the Swapo Party presidential candidate and Namibian president-elect, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, had ‘collapsed’ on 26 October to be unproven. #NamibiaElections2024 namibiafactcheck.org.na/report/post-el…

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Namibia Fact Check @FactNamibia

6 months ago

@AfricaCheck @FactNamibia editor Frederico Links first spoke on the panel titled 'Fact checking in action – Insights from the electoral period', and then on the panel 'The role of media & fact-checking collaboration in elections'.

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Namibia Fact Check @FactNamibia

6 months ago

The conference is hosted by @AfricaCheck, and brings together fact checkers that worked around elections across multiple countries on the continent ahead of, during and after elections in 2024.

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Namibia Fact Check @FactNamibia

6 months ago

PIVOTAL DISCUSSIONS – @FactNamibia editor & project coordinator Frederico Links spoke on two panels this morning at the 'Lessons from collaboration: Reflections on safeguarding information integrity during elections' conference in Nairobi, Kenya.