Published: March 16, 2026
On March 16, 2026, a Facebook user, Suzan Gbangaye, posted a video claiming that Guinean soldiers were allegedly crossing into Liberia. Gbangaye post was soon shared by Jefferson Chesson, a key supporter of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC).
The video shows several men wearing military uniforms crossing what appears to be a river and moving toward another location.
The clip was shared with a voiceover: “Unity Party people, the people na [have] crossed your border, lay [they] coming.”
The post surfaced hours after images and reports of Guinean soldiers circulated on social media.
Some Facebookers claimed the soldiers were deployed to border areas following the ongoing border dispute between Liberia and Guinea.
The Claim
In her Facebook post, Gbangaye captioned the video: “The Guinea forces are coming oh.”
In the voiceover, she further states:“Unity Party people, while you under our post writing tabata and nonsense, lay [the people] na cross your border… yea, they coming.”
The post quickly gained attention online, raising concerns among social media users about a possible Guinean military movement into Liberia.
Rating Justification
To verify the claim, we conducted a thorough review of the video using several online verification tools to determine whether it had been manipulated or generated using artificial intelligence. Our analysis did not detect any signs of AI generation.
We then carried out a reverse image search to identify the original source of the video footage.
Our findings show that the video is not from Liberia and has no connection to the Liberia-Guinea border situation.
The footage was originally posted on February 6, 2026, at 11:42 AM by TV Noticias Pitalito, a local news outlet based in the city of Pitalito in the Huila Department of Colombia.
The video was originally posted on February 6, 2026 by a local news outlet in Colombia
Further checks revealed that the same video was later re-posted on February 8, 2026 by Actualidad Fundanense, another Colombia-based online news platform on Instagram.
The same video was later re-posted on February 8, 2026, by Actualidad Fundanense – a news outlet in Colombia
The most recent repost before the Liberian claim appeared on March 3, 2026, when SwaggerBoy OG, a musician from Tanzania, shared the video with the caption “KWA NINI KILA SIKU IVI LAKINI”, which translates to “Why is it like this every day?”
Conclusion
Based on our findings, we conclude that the claim by Suzan Gbangaye and later shared by Jefferson Chesson, containing a video claiming that Guinean soldiers are crossing a river entering Liberia, is misleading.
The footage did not originate from Liberia and is unrelated to the current situation along the Liberia-Guinea border.
The video was first published by TV Noticias Pitalito in Colombia and later circulated by other social media users before being reposted in Liberia with a misleading narrative.
Editor’s Note:
This fact check was produced by Local Voices Liberia with support from the European Union through the Liberia Media Empowerment Program (LMEP). The funder had no say in the editorial decision leading to the production of this fact-check report. Read the original fact-check report here.
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