Fact-check: These aren’t images of Ugandan soldiers in Juba in 2024 

These pictures were taken in 2016 when the Ugandan army came to Juba, South Sudan, to collect their citizens after the July conflict broke out in Juba.

Writer: Jibi Moses 

On March 17, 2024, a Facebook user posted two pictures of military trucks fully loaded with well-armed soldiers claiming to be of Ugandan armed forces in Juba in 2024, but this is false. 

One of the trucks is marked Uganda Police. The trucks were on a highway, and ahead of it was a bridge. 

The pictures captioned, “Uganda forces arrived in Capital Juba South Sudan.” have been shared 22 times and gained 16 comments and 16 reactions during this claim investigation. 

“Something big is about to happen in Juba; be prepared my people, another dogfight is loading right now in the capital city Juba,” one person commented.

The screenshot of the post was made with the pictures on March 17, 2024 

Claim Verification:

211 Check ran a Google reverse image search on the pictures, and the results showed that these pictures have been on the internet since 2016.

The New Vision, the leading publication of Vision Group Media in Uganda, published one of the pictures on July 14, 2016, with the caption, “UPDF enters South Sudan to Evacuate Citizens” 

A screenshot of one of the pictures used by New Vision in 2016.

Al Jazeera published a story on July 14, 2016, in which they attached a video from where one of the pictures was taken.

The screenshot of the article, as published by Al Jazeera, with one of the pictures.

Apart from the above publications, other news outlets published stories about these pictures, as seen here, here, here, and here.

Conclusion:

211 Chcek has found a claim with pictures shared by a user on Facebook, claiming to be of Ugandan armies in Juba in 2024, is false. These pictures of Ugandan soldiers were taken on July 17, 2016. These soldiers came to help evacuate Ugandans and other citizens who were caught up in Juba in the July 2016 conflict.

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