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Fact-check: Did FVP Riek Machar endorse President Salva Kiir for Presidency?
Fact-check: Did FVP Riek Machar endorse President Salva Kiir for Presidency?
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Fact-check: South Sudan does have a postal office
Fact-check: South Sudan does have a postal office
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Fact-check: These aren’t images of a snake cursed by Torit residents’ grandparents
Fact-check: These aren’t images of a snake cursed by Torit residents’ grandparents
Mar 15, 20232 min read
Fact-check: Image of Yaba Ladu Anthony from Munuki is doctored and used for satire
Fact-check: Image of Yaba Ladu Anthony from Munuki is doctored and used for satire
Mar 14, 20232 min read
Fact-check: No, the Government of South Sudan is not giving free loans
Fact-check: No, the Government of South Sudan is not giving free loans
Mar 14, 20232 min read
Fact-check: Customs market battery photo traced to Zambia
Fact-check: Customs market battery photo traced to Zambia
Mar 8, 20231 min read
Fact-check: No, an Angel didn’t appear in Rumbek town
No, this picture has been used in Zambia and Kenya. All the evidence shows that this picture didn’t originate from Rumbek, South Sudan Writer: Jibi Moses An image posted on a local online Facebook page Juba Eye, claiming an Angel was seen in Rumbek town, is false. The post that reads, “An Angel has reportedly […]
Mar 8, 20232 min read
Fact-check: Rumor of an earthquake in South Sudan debunked; no seismic activity recorded
Fact-check: Rumor of an earthquake in South Sudan debunked; no seismic activity recorded
Feb 28, 20233 min read


Fact-check: Ramciel City’s most misleading master plan photos
Fact-check: Ramciel City’s most misleading master plan photos
Feb 16, 20233 min read
Fact-check: This photo is not of Ugandans killed in Juba
A claim on Twitter that Ugandans were shot dead in Juba for burning charcoal on February 10, 2023, is false and misleading. Writer: Emmanuel Bida Thomas A claim by a Twitter user in a tweet on February 10, 2023, that “Ugandans were shot dead in Juba for burning charcoal” is false. “On 30th January 2023, […]
Feb 14, 20232 min read
Fact-check: Has FIFA security intercepted alcohol disguised as Pepsi cola in Qatar at a stadium’s entrance?
Fact-check: Has FIFA security intercepted alcohol disguised as Pepsi cola in Qatar at a stadium’s entrance?
Nov 24, 20222 min read
Fact-check: Is this the correct site for the US Diversity Visa Program 2024? No, it isn’t
Fact-check: Is this the correct site for the US Diversity Visa Program 2024? No, it isn’t
Nov 2, 20223 min read
Fact-check: Money impounded from a minister’s wife in Khartoum, Sudan? No, it is an old video
The video footage is from an unrelated event in December 2021.
Oct 1, 20221 min read
Fact-check: No evidence the World Academic Competition exists
The competition has no digital footprint, and major news outlets haven’t reported it. A rare case of global competition.
Sep 26, 20222 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
S. Sudan is the first country to conduct national exams since Covid-19 emerged in Africa, Education Minister makes a false statement
Author: Emmanuel Bida, AFF-Cohort 1 fellow On Monday this week, 34,536 candidates across South Sudan began their 2020 Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations – a landmark ceremony that was officiated by President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, who ranged the bell at Juba Day Secondary School situated in the capital Juba. During the occasion that was attended […]
Mar 24, 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
A misleading Image!
211 Check, reverse image searched the alleged picture of Tore Payam, Yei River County that was posted by a South Sudanese and was later reposted by media houses like Hot in Juba. According to Yandex, Tineye, Google Images and other online fact-checking engines, the picture’s origin is from Equatorial Guinea. Below is the link to […]
Feb 11, 20211 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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