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Radio Miraya misquotes Yei Commissioner, tweeted that Yei airstrip lounge project will cost $600,000
Author: 211 Check Editorial Team Intensive investigative findings have revealed that UN radio misquoted Yei Commissioner over the local airstrip construction project. On Wednesday this week, Radio Miraya tweeted that the construction work of Yei airstrip lounge would cost $600,000. The below tweet caused uproar on social media, with many South Sudanese netizens criticizing why […]
Jun 18, 20212 min read
South Sudan’s ambassador to China isn’t suffering from AstraZeneca vaccine complications
Author: Garang Abraham South Sudan’s ambassador to China John Andruga Duku is appealing to the public to disregard the trending news that he is suffering from AstraZeneca vaccine related complications after receiving the jab. According to a Facebook post seen by 211 Check, It’s alleged that Amb. Andruga is admitted at a Nairobi hospital after […]
Jun 4, 20213 min read
Hoax Alert: Madam Atong Foundation Scholarship is a scam, don’t apply!
Author: 211 Check editorial team Rigorous findings carried out by 211 Check crew have identified the notorious online Madam Atong Foundation Scholarship as fraud and deceitful page established to scam desperate South Sudanese and Sudanese students seeking scholarships online. According the investigations, a Facebook page named “Sudanese Scholarship 2020-2025.Madam Atong Foundation” has been making […]
May 26, 20213 min read
Scam Alert: Toyota Is Not Celebrating its 80th Anniversary!
Author: Emmanuel Bida 211 Check investigations have identified the trending message [link] about Toyota’s 80th Anniversary Celebration and the giveaway of a Toyota Corolla being sent to numerous internet users on various social media platforms as a scam. The new online fraud popular on WhatsApp, Messenger, and Telegram, is being received by many online users […]
May 18, 20213 min read
Fact Checked: Did AU and MTN donate expired Covid-19 vaccines to S. Sudan?
Author: Emmanuel Bida Health officials have confirmed that the 59,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the African Union, Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and MTN were not expired as perceived by many South Sudanese. Earlier this week, a prominent South Sudanese activist claimed that MTN that the African Union donated expired AstraZeneca […]
Apr 21, 20213 min read
Fact Checked: Did President Kiir resigned and ran to Bor?
Author: Viola Elias A misleading post! Juba Television – unregulated online media house with 211,184 followers a few hours ago posted that President Salva Kiir resigned and ran to Bor Town. “Breaking News: South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has resigned and run to Bor. This is a developing story” reads Juba TV post that […]
Apr 1, 20211 min read
Fabricated Wau protest video fact checked
Author: Emmanuel Bida and Garang Abraham A fabricated video! Kindly disregard the current trending video on WhatsApp and Facebook which states that the then SPLA soldiers opened fire on protestors in Western Bhar-el-Ghazel State. Earlier this morning, a video surfaced online indicating that some residents of Western Bhar-el-Ghazel State took to the streets in protest […]
Apr 1, 20212 min read
Fact Check: Did Juba-Yei road ambush leave 9 Ugandans killed?
Author: Emmanuel Bida and Garang Abraham A misleading post! South Sudan authorities have refuted media report which states that nine Uganda nationals were killed in South Sudan over the weekend. The New Vision’s Tuesday edition specified that nine Uganda drivers were killed in a highway ambush along Juba-Yei road on Sunday. “Nine Ugandan drivers shot […]
Mar 30, 20212 min read
Fact Checked: Do South Sudan authorities have teargas?
Author: A story fact checked by Viola Elias – AFF – Cohort 2 fellow The National Police Service has responded to online claims that South Sudan authorities are running the country’s affairs without possession of teargas. Teargas is described as a gas that causes severe irritation to the eyes, chiefly used in riot control to […]
Mar 24, 20212 min read
Did Eritrea and Ethiopia Heads of States visit South Sudan as alleged, No – Report states the facts
Author: A story fact checked by Emmanuek Bida and DefyHateNow Ethiopia team Ethiopia and Eritrea authorities have described the alleged recent visit of their heads of States to South Sudan as false and fabricated information meant to mislead the public. On March 5, 2021, a post by Ethiopian prominent activist Natnael Mekonnen, an online user […]
Mar 16, 20212 min read
Warrap State governor bodyguards are all live, he wasn’t attacked
Warrap State governor didn’t fall into an ambush, all his bodyguards are alive, his Press Office has confirmed. Gen. Aleu Ayieng, the recently appointed governor of Warrap State in the unity government was not attacked and none of his bodyguards is dead, according to Albino Kuek – the governor’s Press Secretary. Kuek told […]
Mar 15, 20212 min read
The Online dominance of alternative media and how it contributes to mis/disinformation in South Sudan
A report compiled by Okech Francis and Emmanuel Bida, AFF-South Sudan fellows Background In South Sudan’s current developing media landscape, social media has become a national phenomenon and can be considered a mutiny to the news environment. This is because various users create their own content and curate the flow of information differently for […]
Feb 26, 20216 min read
A man who allegedly had contact with COVID-19 patient, a manipulated picture
The picture on the right is fake The picture is a screen capture from a video on NTV Kenya’s youtube channel showing a piece of breaking news on the arrest of Kiambu County Governor Mr. Ferdinand Waititu in Kenya, July 2019 video on the link below https://youtube.com/watch?v=aem4Rxlj7C8… Downlaod PDF Downlaod Picture
Apr 2, 20201 min read
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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.
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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
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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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