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Fact-Check: Have Authorities in Bor, Jonglei State banned women from wearing trousers and miniskirts?
By 211 Check Editorial Team For the past few weeks, women in Bor, Jonglei State have been banned from putting on trousers and/or miniskirts. According to a disclaimer seen by 211 Check, “If your girlfriend or wife is coming here (Bor, Jonglei State) with trousers or miniskirts, let her prepare to be beaten by the […]
Oct 29, 20211 min read
Fact-Check: Who owns Thon Hotels in Norway?
According to Wikipedia, the Thon Hotels (formerly known as Rainbow Hotels) is a Norwegian-based hotel chain. It is currently the 3rd largest hotel chain in Norway with 50-odd hotels in Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands owned by Olav Thon By Emmanuel Bida Thomas A Facebook post this afternoon claimed that the Thon Hotels in Norway […]
Oct 24, 20212 min read
Fact-Check: This is not a picture showing the Kampala bus park in Sherikhat, Juba
The photo first used by The City Review Digital in its story “Sherikat youths invade Kampala park demanding jobs” is of a bus park found in Birendranagar, Nepal not Sherikhat, Juba By Emmanuel Bida Thomas A story by The City Review Digital, a local newspaper in South Sudan published on Saturday, 23rd October 2021 titled […]
Oct 23, 20211 min read
Fact-Check: Is the Bank of South Sudan offering rewards to its Website Visitors?
“This scam uses Bank of South Sudan’s brand names and logo in order to make the prize look legitimate. They claim that the BoSS offers prizes worth 300 thousand United States Dollars. This is not true, the BoSS does not offer prizes, awards, or funds,” reads a statement shared by the Bank of South Sudan […]
Oct 23, 20212 min read
Fact-Check: Sorry, Ecobank not offering $ 3000 present on 40th Anniversary
It’s true that Ecobank has an upcoming event. But it’s not an anniversary, not its 40th either. This is an event hinged on corporate social responsibility and no participants are required to click the malicious link above in order to join. And, there will be no specified $3000 present, at least. By Charles Lotara As […]
Oct 20, 20213 min read
Fact-Check: Has the South Sudan Government Announced Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination?
On Wednesday 13th October 2021, a press release by the office of The Vice President for Service Cluster and Chairman of the National Taskforce on COVID-19, Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, announced that Public and Private Institutions will now have to undergo Mandatory COVID-19 Test and Vaccination. By David Uku Several media reports published in the last […]
Oct 18, 20212 min read
Fact-Check: Is the Presidential Youth Empowerment Scheme Legitimate?
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has an initiative named Presidential Youth Entrepreneurship Support (P-YES) and the application dates for 2021 have not yet been announced. Their official site is hosted at www.p-yes.gov.ng By: Oriba Douglas A widely shared WhatsApp message claims that the National Youth Empowerment Fund, a federal government agency in the Federal Republic […]
Oct 18, 20214 min read
DATA STORY: 870 fail 2020/21 Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations in South Sudan
By 211 Check Editorial Team Only 870 candidates out of 33,255 failed the 2020/21 Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations. The results were announced last Friday by Awut Deng Acuil, the Minister of General Education and Instruction who also serves as the chair of the National Examinations Council.The examination had the highest number of candidates since […]
Oct 18, 20211 min read
EXPLAINER: All You Need to Know About “Social Media Impersonation”
As technology continues to become a part of our day-to-day life, social media impersonation attempts by malicious actors are also far from coming to a halt but rather becoming more sophisticated in nature. By Vukeni Innocent Joseph When we think about impersonation, the first thing that comes to mind is an act of deception. Impersonation […]
Oct 15, 20213 min read
SCAM ALERT: These UNICEF South Sudan Career Opportunities are Fake
The UNICEF South Sudan Communications Officer has told 211 Check that the recruitment for vacant positions allegedly by the organisation is fake, and no one should recognize it because they don’t receive job applications via email. By Emmanuel Bida Thomas A job posting purportedly from UNICEF South Sudan has been making the rounds on social […]
Oct 14, 20212 min read
Fact-Check: Is WhatsApp ‘ending tomorrow at 6 pm’? Here’s the truth
Old hoax about WhatsApp ‘ending tomorrow at 6 pm’ circulating again in South Sudan, but here’s the truth By 211 Check Editorial Team The infamous Varun Pulyani WhatsApp message has reappeared. The fake message purporting to be from WhatsApp’s director, Varun Pulyani, has been circulating once more since the platform’s decision to update its privacy […]
Oct 12, 20213 min read
Do Covid-19 Vaccines Cause Female Infertility?
By Charles Lotara On 30th September 2021, the government of South Sudan completed the inoculation of the second consignment of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine. Out of the 59,520 doses, 59,224 were used while 296 expired according to Mabior Kiir Kudior, the Chief of Planning and Information at the Ministry of Health. However, the government says […]
Oct 11, 20213 min read
Fact check: A Misleading Video of an Army Vehicle that Overturned in Flood Waters.
By Emmanuel Bida Thomas A video of an army vehicle being carried away by flood waters going viral on Messenger, WhatsApp, and elsewhere on social media is lodging a claim that the incident happened in Luri area of Juba County in Central Equatoria State last week. “This happened in Luri last week,” reads a comment […]
Oct 11, 20212 min read
Reported Killings in South Sudan, September 2021: 114 Dead
Report By: Emmanuel Bida Thomas Data obtained by 211 Check according to media estimates show that 114 individuals were killed as a result of violence in the month of September. This is based on information obtained from mainstream media; Radio Tamazuj, Eye Radio, and Radio Miraya news reports. In comparison to August, when 192 persons […]
Oct 7, 20211 min read
September 2021 South Sudan Social Media Health Report
A 211 Check, Defy Hate Now South Sudan Report Introduction The monitoring for this social media health report took place from September 1, 2021, to September 30, 2021. This month’s monitoring includes a comprehensive study of social media posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp using CrowdTangle, Vicinitas, and Better TweetDeck platforms. The report’s content […]
Oct 7, 20217 min read
Covid-19 worsens the already distressed state of ‘Persons with Disability’ in South Sudan
By Woja Emmanuel Wani and Viola Elias – AFF Cohort 3 fellows South Sudan like other countries is battling to contain the spread of Covid-19 since the world youngest nation registered its first coronavirus case on April 5 2019 through a foreign national that travelled from the Netherlands via Ethiopia capital Addiss-Ababa and later to […]
Sep 20, 20215 min read
AUGUST REPORT: Politics, Sports and Cultural dabates rocked S. Sudan’s social media landscape
Author: Bida Emmanuel Introduction This social media health report is based on data collected during working days from August 1st to August 31st, 2021. The major goal of the report is to examine the main and most talked about conversations on various social media platforms. The report as well studies the overall dynamics of hate […]
Sep 6, 20214 min read
192 people killed in South Sudan’s continuous gun violence – Data Report
By 211 Check Editorial Team A data report released by 211 Check articulates that at least 192 persons across the country died in August alone due to incidents related to gun-violence. The report is based on death tales generated from reports issued by prominent media houses, such as Radio Tamazuj, Eye Radio, and Radio Miraya. In […]
Sep 4, 20212 min read
Uganda media runs a false story, claims the recent Juba-Nimule Highway attack left 2 foreign nuns killed
Author: 211 Check editorial team 211 Check investigative findings have revealed that a prominent Uganda news outlet ran a misleading story, claiming the Monday attack along South Sudan’s major highway left two Ugandan reverends sisters killed. According to a story published by renowned Daily Monitor on Tuesday, August 17, which was also published by Ugandan […]
Aug 20, 20212 min read
S. Sudan has 40m herds of cattle, Youth Minister makes a misleading statement
Author: 211 Check editorial team Does South Sudan have 40 million herds of cattle? No. 211 Check investigations have discovered that South Sudan doesn’t have forty billion herds of cattle as stated by the youth minister. Speaking at an event to mark the International Youth Day at the Scenius Hub in Juba on Thursday, the […]
Aug 13, 20212 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.
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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