Communication from The Presidency No.47, The High-Level Task Force on COVID-19 Pandemic, 4th May 2020
/in Blog Post, GovernmentUpdate No 38, The High-Level Task Force on COVID-19 Pandemic, 26th April 2020
/in Explainer, GovernmentSouth Sudan High-Level Task Force on COVID-19 announces closure of international airports and land borders [Video]
/in Facts & ReportsSummary
- Closure of Juba International Airports and all other international airports. Airlines advised to seize their flight in and out of South Sudan by midnight, 23 March.
- The following operations will be exempt
a. Food cargo flights
b. Aircraft in state of emergency
c. Flights in our airspace
d. Humanitarian assistance and flights - All border crossings seize as of midnight 23 March (food trucks and fuel tankers)
- Taskforce appeals to senior government officials to observe regulations
- Allocate 3 million USD to cater for needs of South Sudanese students living abroad
The Catholic Church Archdiocese of Juba suspends public prayer and school for one month. [JPEG]
/in Blog Post, NGOsFact-Checking & Information Verification In South Sudan
211 Check is South Sudan’s first and only independent fact-checking and information verification flagship project established by Defyhatenow in March 2020 to counter COVID-19 dis/misinformation but has since grown in its scope of work. It became a signatory of the International Fact-checking Network’s (IFCN) Code of Principles in March 2023.
If you believe that 211 Check is violating the IFCN Code of Principles, you can report this through the complaints page on the IFCN site.