Explainer: What is the difference between a Nationality Certificate and a National ID in South Sudan?
Explainer: What is the difference between a Nationality Certificate and National ID in South Sudan?
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Fact-check: Photo showing a signpost with a “Juba City Council” inscription? No, it is edited
Writer: Emmanuel Bida Thomas A Facebook post shared by a user on 30 September 2022 with the caption “No comments.” that appears to show a signpost with the inscription “Juba City Council” is false. Nearly 50 people interacted with the photo, which received 18 comments and six shares. Some Facebook users, such as this one, […]
Fact-check: This incomplete document is not the official list of winners for the East African Legislative Assembly seats
Writer: Emmanuel Bida Thomas South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC), a state-owned broadcaster, announced on Saturday, October 1, 2022, on its Facebook page that the speaker of the Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) reshuffled a list of elected members of parliament to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) who were elected on Friday, September […]
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.
Fact-check: Was this baby born at Juba Teaching Hospital? No
There were no babies born with anencephaly in their department on September 18, 2022, according to a member of the surgical team at Juba Teaching Hospital. He also stated that the images that are going around do not accurately depict the Juba Teaching Hospital’s obstetrics and gynecology theater.
Fact-check: Suspected Ebola case in Nimule? True
The suspected case was identified in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria State, with similar Ebola signs. However, it’s only the laboratory test that will confirm whether he has the Ebola virus or not, according to health authorities.
Fact-check: Is soursop very effective in killing cancer? This claim is unproven
Cancer Research UK does not support the use of graviola to treat cancer. Their advice is to be very cautious about believing information or paying for any type of alternative cancer therapy on the internet because they say claims that graviola can treat cancer are not backed up by research.
Fact-check: Has the UN issued an alert on organ trafficking? No, it’s fake
This alert is not available on the official website of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The United Nations denies having issued it.
Fact-check: The minister of finance and planning, Dier Tong not suspended
Although social media declared him suspended, Dier Tong, the minister of finance and planning, is still in office.
Fact-check: These photos, allegedly of a bride running out of a church, are not taken in Juba
Fact-check: These photos, allegedly of a bride running out of a church, are not taken in Juba
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