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Fact-check: MTN South Sudan 40th Anniversary Celebration Gift Raffle is a Hoax
MTN South Sudan is just ten years old, and it marked its 10th anniversary in June 2021. Therefore, do not click and provide your contact address or personal information to suspicious online websites. By Kei Emmanuel Duku Introduction: A website link widely shared on various WhatsApp groups claiming that MTN customers in South Sudan stand […]
May 24, 20223 min read
Fact-check: Is Mwijukye Robert Lubang part of a group that initiated a conflict in Magwi?
By 211 Check Desk A Facebook post by a page “Sixty 4 Tribes Press” with a photo of Mwijukwe Robert Lubang claiming that he was part of a group who initiated a conflict between pastoralists and farmers in Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria State is false. “The conflict between pastoralists and farmers in Magwi County where […]
May 14, 20222 min read
Fact-check: Achai Wiir not giving all South Sudanese artists $ 2000 each this year
Achai Wiir, via her verified Facebook page, asserted that the post shared about her giving all South Sudanese artists $ 2000 each this year is fake news.
Apr 22, 20222 min read
Fact-check: This plane with the South Sudan flag and luggage on top is ‘digitally altered’
A Facebook post showing a plane with luggage on top, posted by a social media user on the evening of April 21, 2022, is photoshopped and meant for satire. By William Afani Paul A Facebook post last evening left the audience talking after claiming to show a plane with a South Sudan flag and extra […]
Apr 22, 20222 min read
Fact-check: This image does not show vehicles submerged in floodwater following today’s rain in Juba
This image does not show vehicles submerged in floodwater following today’s rain in Juba
Apr 21, 20222 min read
Fact-check: Civil Service Commission not recruiting. The job advertisement is a hoax
The “Civil Service Commission” though provided for in the Transitional Constitution of South Sudan has not been established yet. The Ministry of public service does its role.
Apr 21, 20221 min read
Fact-check: Ministry of Petroleum Undersecretary’s resignation letter is ‘fake’
The Ministry of Petroleum said on its Facebook page that the letter purportedly showing the resignation of Awow Daniel Chaung was fabricated.
Apr 21, 20222 min read
Fact-check: This photo was not taken in a public hospital in South Sudan
A photo of newborn babies laid on plastic chairs allegedly in a public hospital in South Sudan is FALSE. The picture emanated from Kawempe General Referral Hospital in Uganda in August 2019.
Apr 12, 20222 min read
Fact-check: Business grant scam in South Sudan resurfaces on Facebook
In February 2022, 211 Check debunked the same business grant and reported the page to Facebook for removal. However, six days ago, another page was created and is running an ad about the same grant. A media official at the Ministry of Finance and Planning says the Facebook page running the advert is fake.
Apr 12, 20222 min read
Fact-check: Was this a thief on a street light in Juba? No.
The photo allegedly of a thief on a street light pole avoiding beating in Juba is FALSE. The image is from March 2019 in Kenya.
Mar 29, 20221 min read
Fact-check: This photo shows a car bombing scene in Kabul, Afghanistan, not a fire outbreak in Juba
The photo shared on Facebook claiming that there was a fire outbreak in Juba last night is FALSE. The photo shows the scene of an incident in Kabul, Afghanistan in July 2019.
Mar 29, 20222 min read
Fact-check: Has the SPLM-IO been dissolved as claimed? No.
A press release allegedly from First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny released on Sunday, 06 March 2022 claiming that the SPLM-IO party has been dissolved is False. His press secretary Puok Both says the information is false and fabricated. By 211 Check Desk According to a press release allegedly from First Vice President Dr. […]
Mar 7, 20222 min read
Scam Alert: Fake Facebook Accounts
The Facebook accounts Awow Daniel Chaung and Josephine Napwon Cosmos asking random Messenger users to wire them money are imposters.
Mar 5, 20222 min read
Fact-Check: This picture is not of a Yei girl married to a Whiteman.
211 Check investigated a photo purportedly of a Yei girl married to a white man and discovered it to be FALSE. Korra Obidi is a Nigerian dancer who recently gave birth to her second child. She is not a Yei South Sudanese.
Mar 5, 20222 min read
Fact-check: @BSS_Original is the authentic Twitter Account for the Bank of South Sudan
The authentic Twitter account for the Bank of South Sudan is @BSS_Original. Therefore, any information published in other accounts bearing its name should be ignored.
Mar 2, 20221 min read
Fact-check: Did Putin ask President Kiir to apologise?
211 Check findings show that the viral videos are fake and digitally altered. They are satirical content intended for comedy.
Mar 2, 20222 min read
Fact-check: Is David Uri Ben Uziel a South Sudanese army General? No.
David Ben Uziel is an Israeli army general, not South Sudanese. He came to the then Southern Sudan to help train the Anya-Naya guerilla movement.
Feb 26, 20222 min read
Fact-check: The Ministry of Finance and Planning is NOT giving out 3 million USD grants to businesses.
A media official at the Ministry of Finance and Planning says the Facebook page running the advert is fake. According to him, updates from the ministry are shared on the minister’s social media accounts at the moment.
Feb 26, 20222 min read
Fact-check: Is there a new way of using Facebook and WhatsApp for free? No.
The only Free Facebook that allows you to text is offered by MTN South Sudan. You don’t need to give anyone your login credentials such as phone number, email or password to use Facebook for free on MTN.
Feb 26, 20224 min read
Fact-check: These photos do not show ammunition confiscated by the national security yesterday
By 211 Check Desk Photos shared on Facebook and WhatsApp of a massive amount of ammunition and guns being transported in a casket allegedly to Pibor have been found to be FALSE. A google reverse image search on the photos show that in 2016, the photos were circulated in Nigeria media depicting a massive amount […]
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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Explainer: South Sudan’s debt burden and sovereign vulnerability
The combined total of these enforceable judgments, exceeding $1.65 billion, poses an immediate threat to the nation’s liquid assets and oil export streams.
Nov 5, 20251 min read
Fact-check: Yes, the 2018 revitalised agreement allocates positions to its signatories.
All positions at the executive were allocated according to the revitalised agreement under power-sharing arrangements, both at the national and state levels including the legislatures.
Oct 17, 20253 min read
Fact Check: No, Riek Machar has not been hanged, but is currently on trial.
The claim on social media that Dr. Riek Machar has been hanged for “crimes now we are free of all nonsense in South Sudan” is false and misleading
Oct 14, 20252 min read
Fact-check: No, this video is not showing the SSPDF violent attack in Wau.
There are no credible local media reports about the South Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF) bombardment or attack in Wau today or recently.
Oct 14, 20252 min read
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