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Fact-checking and Information Verification in South Sudan

Fact-check: No, the Government of South Sudan is not giving free loans

Data Story: Covid-19 vaccine, the fear of the unknown

Fact-check: Customs market battery photo traced to Zambia

No, this picture has been used in Zambia and Kenya. All the evidence shows that this picture didn’t originate from Rumbek, South Sudan Writer: Jibi Moses An image posted on a local online Facebook page Juba Eye, claiming an Angel

Fact-check: This man with dog meat was not arrested at Gudele One

Fact-check: A Facebook post saying banks in South Sudan are approving loans is a scam

Data Story: 10.23% rise in the number of students registered for the certificate of secondary education examinations this year

Fact-check: A massive figure sightings over Juba and Rumbek proven false

Fact-check: Rumor of an earthquake in South Sudan debunked; no seismic activity recorded

Data Story: Over 260 abductees reunited with their families between 2021 and 2023 in Jonglei and GPAA

Social Media Health Report | January 2023

Data Story: 12.34% rise in the number of pupils registered for the certificate of primary education examinations this year.

A claim on Twitter that Ugandans were shot dead in Juba for burning charcoal on February 10, 2023, is false and misleading. Writer: Emmanuel Bida Thomas A claim by a Twitter user in a tweet on February 10, 2023, that

Explainer: What is a deep fake and how to spot it?

Fact-check: VP Hussein Abdelbagi is not critically ill, as reported

Fact-check: Jonglei State gov’t not buying abducted children from abductors

Fact-check: Journalist denies saying on the radio that he suggested firing a Vice President

There is no scientific evidence that wearing fake chains causes cancer.

The  claim of a high tension in Melut County circulating online over angry community members demanding for removal of the Dar Petroleum Operating Company (DPOC) Vice President for alleged embezzlement of money meant for the flood-affected population is false.  Writer:

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