Are these pictures of South Sudanese burned in Libya

Fact-check: Are these pictures of South Sudanese burned in Libya?

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There is no evidence that these are South Sudanese; besides, the pictures have been online since January 25, 2024.

Writer: Jibi Moses

Pictures making the rounds on Facebook, allegedly of fifteen (15) South Sudanese burnt in Libya, are unproven.

The pictures, first shared by Gogrial Global TV on March 7, 2024, went viral and were shared by other pages, individual profiles, and WhatsApp groups. Some other shared and posted pages are 1, 2, and 3.

The pictures that were shared with a lengthy write-up allegedly describe how 16 South Sudanese fleeing the war in Sudan, who were planning to cross to Europe through the Mediterranean Sea, were burned by a Libyan bus driver with the help of a co-driver. According to the page, 15 people died, and one is struggling for his life. They claim the incident happened on March 5.

“At least 15 South Sudanese young men have been reportedly burnt to death, and one barely survived in Libya. The unlucky 16 South Sudanese hired a bus to drop them off from the town to make their way to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea. The article is partially read. 

Screenshots  of the message and the pictures  

Claim Verification:

Given that no news is reported in the mainstream media, either local or international, 211 Check decided to do a reverse image search on the pictures, and the results brought up several instances where the pictures were used before. 

Pour Tout Juriste Qui Croit En La Justice, a Facebook page based in Farcha, Chad, published in French. On January 26, 2024, shared the pictures with words in French that translate, as seen below,

Cet homme a été asperger d’essence et brûlé vif par des libyens racistes sous prétexte de changer sa peau noire par la brûlure. L’ Afrique du Nord est en déroute par des mentalités racistes  révolues

Google Translate:

This man was sprayed with gasoline and burned to death by racist Libyans under the pretext of changing his black skin by burning. North Africa is messed up with racist mindsets.

A screenshot of the Pour Tout Juriste Qui Croit En La Justice post.

Meanwhile In Africa, a Facebook page whose admin lives in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia, posted an article with the same pictures on January 28, 2024.

“This is the fate reserved for migrants who fail to pay the demanded ransom in the detention centre in Libya. Each migrant has a price, depending on nationality and gender. The most expensive migrants are those coming from East Africa,” reads the post partly.

Screenshots from the Meanwhile in Africa Facebook page.

Other pages that used the pictures can be seen here, here, and here.  

Conclusion:

211 Check has found that although these pictures that have been on the internet as far back as January 25, 2024, seem to have originated in Libya, the exact date they were taken has yet to be established. Therefore, the claim that the pictures are of South Sudanese who were allegedly burned in Libya on March 5, 2024, is unproven. 

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Fact-check: Was this video taken in Apaa, Northern Uganda?

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No, this video originated in Nigeria and has been online since late December 2023. As much as there are conflicts in the Apaa area due to land disputes and reported killings, this particular video wasn’t recorded there. 

Writer: Jibi Moses

A video making the rounds on a WhatsApp group claiming to be from Appa, northern Uganda, is misleading.

The video, which was shared on February 26, 2024, in a WhatsApp group, claims that the incident happened in Apaa on that specific day in the afternoon.

The message caption partly reads, “THE QUESTION OF APAA LAND DISPUTE IN AMURU DISTRICT BETWEEN MADI AND ACHOLI COMMUNITIES INTENSIFIES THIS AFTERNOON.”

A screenshot from the part of the video.

The video caused suspicion since the language used did not sound like Madi or Acholi, the native languages of the two communities in dispute. Despite that, no mainstream media has reported or written about the video.

This made 211 Check take a deeper dive to investigate it.

Claim Verification:

A Google search by 211 Check after cropping some parts of the video shows results of an unrelated incident that happened earlier and in a different location.

The first Google search result brought up this video posted by ALIVEGORE with the caption, “Child Warning! Islamist Militants Killed 198 Christians In 15 Villages. Nigeria.”

Screenshot of an image from the Counting Stars article.

Similarly, CountingStars is an online newspaper that describes itself as a personal blog created in 2004 and published in Spain. On December 26, 2023, a story with the headline The images of the brutal Islamist massacres against Christians in Nigeria on Christmas Eve. 

The article deeply explains an alleged act of rudeness that happened in Nigeria on Christmas Eve of 2023. They screenshotted multiple scenes in the video and posted them with the article as pictures.

An article published by the Counting Stars on December 26, 2023.

The Madi-Acholi Apaa conflict

The Apaa land wrangles between the Madi of Adjumani district and Acholi of Amuru, both northern districts of Uganda, started to appear as early as 2006. The Apaa land became contentious when the government in 2017 demarcated boundaries between Amuru and Adjumani districts. Apaa village was placed under Adjumani, to the dismay of the Acholi people from Amuru, with whom they have inhabited the land for decades. Since then, the attacks have been recurring, as the Madi community wants the Acholi people pushed out of the land.

The Apaa issue has been in the news ever since, as seen in some of these articles here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, among others.

A keyword search: “Has there been a massacre in Apaa Northern in February?” on Google brought several media results, with the latest being an article by Plus News, in which they reported that an Alebtong police officer wanted to kill a person in Apaa. This incident happened on February 22. There are other incidences of killing, as reported here, here, and here.

Conclusion:

211 Check has found that a video making the rounds on WhatsApp didn’t originate from Apaa, northern Uganda, but from Nigeria. Evidence shows that the video has been online since late December 2023. Much as there are land conflicts in the Apaa region between the Acholi and Madi and some reported cases of killings, this particular one isn’t from there. 

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Fact-check: Military job offers in the USA for South Sudanese civilians are a Facebook hoax

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The sponsored Facebook post redirects to an unrelated website that doesn’t belong to the United States of America government (.gov). 

Writer: Makur Majeng

A recent sponsored post making the rounds on Facebook claiming to offer military jobs in the USA specifically targeted at individuals from South Sudan is a hoax.

“Are you from South Sudan? Military Jobs in the USA for Civilians! Good Salary! Sponsorship is possible! Great Conditions for Foreigners! Find Offers!” reads part of the sponsored Facebook post on February 2, 2024. 

The post promises good salaries, sponsorship opportunities, and great conditions for foreigners. 

Upon clicking the sponsored Facebook post link, users are redirected to an unrelated website that shows relevant searches.

The screenshot of the sponsored post on Facebook

Claim Verification:

211 Check conducted a Keyword Search with the phrase “Are you from South Sudan? Military Jobs in the USA for Civilians” and found no evidence of an employment program or subsidy supporting such a claim. 

The Facebook page “Good Job”, which runs sponsored posts about the jobs, has a profile description “delicious bananas”, yet it categorises itself as “Jobs and Occupations”, created on July 6, 2023, with the name “Delicious bananas” before it was changed to “Good Job” on November 27, 2023, according to Facebook transparency section.

A thorough examination of the U.S. Department of Defense website yielded no information regarding a program offering military jobs in the USA for civilians from South Sudan.

The official sources for information on available military roles in the US government are the Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employment and USAJOBS.

Furthermore, a WHOIS domain search revealed that the associated website was registered on January 4, 2024, and is set to expire on January 4, 2025. This information raises questions about the credibility and legitimacy of the website and the claims it promotes.

A screenshot of the Whois domain search of the website

ArcSight Threat Intelligence flagged the web link as suspicious with low harm in a Virustotal analysis, but no security vendor flagged it as malicious.

Conclusion:

211 Check finds the recent sponsored post on Facebook claiming that military jobs in the USA for South Sudanese civilians, along with the post’s promise of a good salary, sponsorship, and great conditions, are a hoax. 

The sponsored Facebook post redirects to an unrelated website that doesn’t belong to the United States of America government (.gov).

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Fact-check: This sponsored Facebook post offering free study in Germany is a hoax

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A recent sponsored Facebook post claiming to offer free study in Germany with no need to learn German and potential transportation and accommodation is not announced by a legitimate source. 

Writer: Makur Majeng

A sponsored post on Facebook claiming to offer free study in Germany with no need to learn German and potential transportation and accommodation is a hoax.

“Unlock the pathway to your educational goals with our expert assistance. Let’s make it happen!” reads part of the sponsored Facebook post.

The sponsored post targets an audience specifically in South Sudan aged 18-45, enticing them to pursue their educational goals with the promise of expert assistance. 

Upon clicking the sponsored Facebook post link, users are redirected to a website that shows relevant searches.

The screenshot of the sponsored post on Facebook

Claim Verification:

211 Check conducted a Keyword Search for ‘Are you 18-45 from South Sudan? You can study in Germany without a Visa and learn German’ and found no evidence to support the claim of free study in Germany without needing to learn German.

A WHOIS domain search shows that the website associated with the ad was recently registered on 24 January 2024 and is set to expire on 24 January 2025. This short time frame for the website’s existence indicates a potential scam, casting doubt on its legitimacy.

The screenshot of the Whois domain search of the website

The Google Chrome browser flagged the website in the sponsored post as unsecured, which cast further doubt on the resources behind the offer and the ad’s intention.

Upon further investigation, it was found that the official website for the Germany Scholarship offers opportunities for international students to study in Germany. The scholarship provides financial support to high-achieving students, but it does not offer completely free study.

Conclusion:

211 Check finds a recent sponsored post on Facebook claiming to offer free study in Germany with no need to learn German, along with potential transportation and accommodation, a hoax

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Fact-check: The University of Juba isn’t offering free online courses and certifications

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The University of Juba, through its official Facebook page, has said the advertisements are fake and urged the public to disregard them.

Writer: Makur Majeng

Recent Facebook advertisement posts that have been circulating claiming to offer free online courses with certification and laptops provided targeting individuals in South Sudan at the University of Juba are, however, false and misleading.

“Latest policies: Enjoy benefits, explore professional online courses, and earn recognised certificates,” reads part of the Facebook advertisement. 

The posts promise a free college degree and a 1-month online course at the University of Juba, a renowned educational institution in South Sudan. 

Upon clicking the link in the Facebook ad, users are redirected to a website that shows relevant searches.

The screenshots of the Facebook ads post

Claim Verification:

211 Check conducted a keyword search based on the claims made in the advertisement posts. Still, the results did not show any credible sources regarding a subsidy or program offering free online courses and certification at the University of Juba.

We contacted the University of Juba’s official Facebook page, but they dismissed the claims made in the Facebook ad post as bogus and fraudulent.

“Please be aware of the bogus links that appear to impersonate the University of Juba. We do not offer any online certifications or train for online college degrees. Do not open those links; else, you will be misled,” reads the post on the University of Juba’s Official Facebook page. 

The screenshot of the University of Juba Facebook post disregarding the claim

Google Chrome browser flagged the website promoted in the ad post as unsecured, which cast further doubt on the resources behind the offer and the ad’s intention.

A WHOIS domain search revealed that the website was registered only on 23rd January 2024 and did not demonstrate affiliation with the University of Juba or its official education offerings.

A screenshot of the Whois information of the impostor domain

Conclusion:

211 Check finds the claim made in numerous Facebook advertisements posted about free online courses with certificates and free laptops in South Sudan false. The University of Juba explicitly stated that they do not offer any online certifications or training for online college degrees, contradicting the claim made in the advertisements.

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Fact-check: South Sudan’s Finance Ministry hasn’t signed an AfDB and UNESCO agreement to support businesses

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The ad is a hoax and scam being peddled on a fake Facebook page impersonating the Minister of Finance, Bak Barnaba Chol.

Writer: Ochaya Jackson

A Facebook page bearing the name of the Minister of Finance and Planning, Bak Barnaba Chol, which posted a statement about funding opportunities for small and medium business enterprises (SMEs) in South Sudan, is a hoax.

The page, in its statement, claimed that the Ministry of Finance and Planning signed an 11 million dollar agreement with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and UNESCO to provide support for business owners, companies, and organisations.

“We are therefore calling upon all eligible business owners, companies, and organisations to apply for this funding opportunity under the Investing in [the] diversified economy-led growth model,” reads a statement posted on Facebook bearing the name Dr Bak Barnaba Chol on January, 28th 2024 with a link attached for the applicants to apply for the funding opportunity.

Screenshot of the Facebook page claim.

Claim Verification:

211 Check reviewed the Facebook page’s transparency, but it turned out that the page was created on January 27th 2024, and had only 109 likes and 359 followers during the review, which raised suspicion of a fake account since it is new.

The screenshot of the page transparency

The Google form link attached with the statement for the application process collects personal information of the applicants (name, contacts, address, occupation), business or organisation entity name and type, number of employees, and the amount of the fund which is maximally limited at 500,000USD including other information to be filled before applying.

Screenshot of the Google form

The Ministry of Finance and Planning, in a statement it published on its Facebook page on January 28th 2024, debunked the claim as a scam and fake account impersonating the Minister of Finance, Dr Bak Barnaba Chol.

“This is to inform the general public and social media users in particular to be cautious of unscrupulous scammers using the name of the Honorable Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Bak Barnaba Chol, to scam unsuspecting Facebook subscribers,” reads part of the statement the Ministry shared to the public on its Facebook page.

“It should be noted that all formal communications from the Ministry of Finance and Planning are either published on the official website or posted here on this official Facebook Page,” it added.

The screenshot of the Ministry of Finance statement debunking the claim as a scam and fake

211 Check contacted the African Development Bank (AfDB) South Sudan country’s office Manager and UNESCO’s Juba office for comments via email, but the efforts were unsuccessful.

Conclusion:

211 Check finds a post soliciting applications on a Facebook page impersonating the Minister of Finance and Planning, Bak Barnaba Chol, a hoax. No public record shows the Ministry of Finance and Planning has signed an 11 million dollar agreement with the African Development Bank and UNESCO to support Small and Medium Enterprises business owners in South Sudan.

The AfDB and UNESCO websites do not show any agreement of 11 million dollars signed with the Ministry of Finance and Planning of South Sudan to support business and organisation entities.

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Fact-check: South Sudan’s Ministry of Trade and Industry not offering opportunities to entrepreneurs

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The Facebook page alleging that South Sudan’s Ministry of Trade and Industry offers entrepreneurs opportunities is an impersonator trying to scam unsuspecting individuals.

Writer: Jibi Moses

A Facebook page using the Ministry of Trade and Industry – Republic of South Sudan name claiming to give opportunities to South Sudanese entrepreneurs is a hoax.

The Facebook page, which has 34 likes and 265 followers and describes itself as a government organisation without any review, uses the Minister of Trade and Industry – South Sudan’s pictures (William Anyoun Kuol) and pictures of other diplomats in the country, including the one for President Salva Kiir Mayardit.  

Apart from using the above, the last post on the page is a call for funding allegedly by the Ministry with support from the World Bank to all entrepreneurs and SMEs in the country. They claim the project aims to support all entrepreneurs. This is accessed through a form attached to a link. 

The link has a basic Google form titled “Citizen Economic Empowerment Program” that requires one to enter his/her basic information, including why you need the fund. The logos of the World Bank and entrepreneurs’ organisations are at the end of the form.

Screenshots of the call for the application and a copy of some of the responses.

Claim Verification:

A keyword search on Facebook of the Ministry of Trade and Industry -South Sudan returned two Facebook pages with the same names.

The first page, Ministry of Trade and Industry – Republic of South Sudan, which is the genuine page, pops up first with 2.5k likes and 2.6k followers. It describes itself as a government organisation with its contact details and location. This page was created on December 23, 2023, with the first name being the Ministry of Trade and Industry for the Republic of South Sudan, before changing it to the current one on December 28, 2023.

The page also put a disclaimer on January 23, 2024, distancing itself from the advertised ongoing funding opportunity, calling it fake and a scam.

On the other hand, the scam page was created on January 20, 2024, with 34 likes and 265 followers.

Scammers often use similar forms to collect personal information from unsuspecting people for their interest and use; some use the same information for hacking, while others will go to the extra stage of selling the data. 

The screenshot of the post by the genuine Facebook Page of the Ministry

Conclusion:

211 Check finds the Facebook page impersonating the Ministry of Trade and Industry – Republic of South Sudan and calling entrepreneurs and companies to apply for funds a hoax. The official Ministry’s page has distanced itself from it and warned the public against the new page created with unknown intentions. 

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The National Communication Authority has not recruited 225 applicants211 Check

Fact-check: The National Communication Authority has not recruited 225 applicants

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The 225 applicants have passed both written and oral interviews. They are now awaiting ‘screening’, a final stage that will see 87 of them recruited by the National Communication Authority.

Writer: Emmanuel Bida Thomas

A recent report by The City Review, a Juba-based English daily newspaper in South Sudan, claimed that the National Communication Authority had recruited 225 applicants for different positions, which is misleading.

“The National Communication Authority said it has recruited 225 applicants out of the 3000 candidates interviewed for various positions last year,” reads the claim published on January 20, 2024.

According to the same news report, which claims that 225 applicants were recruited, only 87 vacancies were advertised by the National Communication Authority.

A November 3, 2023, news report by City Review also confirms that the National Communication Authority (NCA) had advertised for 87 vacancies.

A screenshot of a section of the news report published on City Review’s website

So, have 225 applicants been recruited by the National Communications Authority? We checked

Claim Verification:

Madut Akol Nhial, the Managing Director of Bridge Employment Solutions, said in an Eye Radio news report that out of all the candidates interviewed, only 225 passed the oral interview, and they will be subjected to a second screening.

Bridge Employment Solutions is the company contracted to conduct the hiring process on behalf of the National Communications Authority. It said that 225 of the over 3,000 candidates who did an oral interview for vacant positions at the institution have made it to the final stage.

Jervase, a public relations officer at the National Communications Authority, told 211 Check when contacted via WhatsApp that the results of the forthcoming interview would determine the 87 finalists who would be recruited.

“225 passed previous interviews and will be put through the final one. From the results, 87 will be selected because of the advertised vacancies that were 87 in the beginning,” Jervase said.

Conclusion:

211 Check finds the claim that the National Communication Authority has recruited 225 applicants misleading. The 225 of the over 3,000 candidates who have made it to the final stage will see 87 recruited, according to both Bridge Employment Solutions and the National Communications Authority.

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Fact-check: Juba is not one of the top five cleanest cities in East Africa

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There is no specific information about Juba being one of the cleanest cities in East Africa. 

Writer: Christopher Luate Obede

A Facebook post published by Radio Dabanga-211, featuring an image of a wet street, claiming that Juba is amongst the cleanest cities in East Africa, is unproven.

Radio Dabanga-211 is a Facebook page with over 8.2K likes and 18K followers. 

“Juba is amongst cleanest cities in East Africa. Juba, I love,” the post shared on January 13, 2024, briefly reads.

Screenshot of the Facebook post by Radio Dabanga-211

Claim Verification:

A Google keyword search for “Clean cities in East Africa” by 211 Check finds that the cleanest cities in East Africa, ranked by Top Ten Uganda, are Kigali, the largest capital city of Rwanda, and Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Kigali has also been ranked by FURTHER AFRICA as the cleanest city on the African continent in 2022.

Google search for “Juba” only returns a result with an article published by LIKIS MEDIA with a lawmaker claiming that Juba is the world’s dirtiest city.

Image verification using Google Lens reverse image search returns several results. The image captioned is from Sudan in Photos, a Pinterest account that describes the image as “Rainy morning in Khartoum.” 

Bajnews first published the image on its website on July 21, 2018. It is a street in Madani, the capital of Al Jazirah State in east-central Sudan.

Conclusion:

211 Check finds the claim that Juba is among the cleanest cities in East Africa unproven. There is no specific information about Juba being one of the cleanest cities in East Africa. 

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Fact-check: This picture is of Dubai International Airport, not Entebbe

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The picture making rounds on social media is not of Entebbe International Airport (EBB) but that of Dubai International Airport (DXB)

Writer: Jibi Moses

An image allegedly of the interior of Entebbe International Airport posted by an X (Formerly Twitter) user on January 18, 2024, is false.

“The interior of #Entebbe International Airport,” reads the image caption, which has since attracted 2,058 views, 7 reposts, six comments, and 40 likes at this publication. 

Entebbe International Airport lies astride the equator at latitude 00.020 North and longitude 320 East located 40 kilometers southwest of Kampala City, Uganda’s capital, according to the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.

Screenshots of the post by X user and some of the comments.

Other searches show that the same image was used by another social media user on Facebook with the caption, “Inside view of “Entebbe” International Airport.”

Claim Verification:

211 Check carried out a Google reverse Image Search on the picture, and it got several results showing the image as that of Dubai International Airport.

Other search engines, such as Microsoft Bing, Baidu, Google, and Yandex, all show the image in different instances, as that of Dubai International Airport. 

The image is also among a collection of images by Alamy, titled Dubai International Airport Air Hub captioned, “A picture taken on August 21, 2017, in the airport of Dubai, UAE,“

The screen of the image as it appears on the Alamy website in 2017.

Dubai International Airport:

According to Google Maps, Dubai International Airport is a four-star airport located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in the Middle East—an intercontinental hub for the UAE with a purpose-built jet airliner facility concourse.

The same picture of the airport was uploaded to Google Maps by Ibrahim Falqi in December 2022.

Some sources that used the image with reference to Dubai International Airport are here, here, and here, among others.

A screenshot of the picture as it appears on Google Maps (photos) 

Entebbe International Airport:

According to the country’s civil aviation authority, Entebbe International Airport is Uganda’s only international airport located about 6 kilometres southwest of Entebbe, on the northern shores of Lake Victoria.

In 2022, the Government of Uganda gave the National Army’s (UPDF) engineering brigade contract to renovate and upgrade the airport. Some links to the articles that published stories for the renovation are here, here, here, and here.

On Wednesday, January 10, 2024, the renovated terminal was opened to the public ahead of the  NAM summit, which is happening in Uganda, which means an increase in the number of arrivals.

Many Ugandan news outlets reported this and shared the images as 1, 2, and 3, among others.

A screenshot of a section of the renovated Entebbe International Airport, as reported by the Daily Monitor.

A screenshot of Entebbe International Airport as reported by the New Vision.

Conclusion:

211 Check has found that the picture posted on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) allegedly of Entebbe International Airport is false. 

The picture shows Dubai International Airport from the Middle Eastern country of the United Arab Emirates taken on August 21, 2017, according to Alamy, a playground for creatives looking for fresh and inclusive content.

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