Fact-check: No, these photos do not show a drinking competition in Juba recently
#211Check – Fact Checked Reports
Fact-check: No, Pope Francis has not written a retirement speech that is going around on WhatsApp
Blog: Cybersecurity awareness and why it matters in South Sudan
Blog: South Sudan must fortify its cyberspace as cybercrime attacks cost billions of dollars in losses globally
Blog: Why does the digital divide between men and women appear to grow?
Fact-check: Yes, these images show a traffic jam along Seventh-day - Gudele street in Juba
Fact-check: Was a traditional wedding interrupted by a jealous ex-boyfriend in Juba?
Fact-check: Did Prof. PLO Lumumba advise Prof. John Akec of the University of Juba not to graduate everyone?
Fact-check: Total Energies Company is NOT hiring labour workers for 2023 via a viral WhatsApp link
Fact-check: Is World Investment Conpany a legitimate forex trader? No, it is fake
Fact-check: Was Messi locked up in Saudi Arabia? No, an old picture first used in 2012
According to the RRC, no organisation goes by the name South Sudan Relief Fund, and the World Bank is not sponsoring it. By Ochaya Jackson A one-page document trending on WhatsApp claiming that the South Sudan Relief Fund, in collaboration
No publicly available announcement by any United States government agency claims the American government has decided to restrict the acceptance of old dollar notes printed below 2021 Writer: Ochaya Jackson US $ 100 notes A claim shared widely among WhatsApp
Fact-check: FIFA is NOT offering a free 50 GB data plan for all networks
Fact-check: Has FIFA security intercepted alcohol disguised as Pepsi cola in Qatar at a stadium’s entrance?
Fact-check: Did a Malawian man attempt to sneak into South Sudan by hanging on a plane's wing from Malawi?
Fact-check: Did South Sudanese fans destroy seats in the Juba National Stadium?
Fact-check: Phishing link for the University of Chicago Scholarships
Fact-check: Is MTN Uganda Offering 10 GB Free data to its subscribers for 24th Anniversary? No, it is false.
Fact-check: Study finds that parabens hair relaxing products have side effects on African Women
Fact-check: New care fertility syrup, a herb that claims to boost reproductive health, is unproven
Fact-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.
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