Fact-check: This Ministry of Agriculture Facebook page soliciting grant applications is a scam.
#211Check – Fact Checked Reports
Fact-check: International Education for Global Minds scholarship for South Sudanese is a scam
Fact-check: Did President Salva Kiir say ‘he has failed’ the country as a leader?
Blog: The need for disability-inclusive tools to combat online disinformation
Fact-check: Be aware the Ministry of Finance is not calling for grant applications
Fact-check: No, a Chinese Pastor didn't say he saw South Sudanese collecting firewood in heaven
Fact-check: A South Sudanese pastor bathing women in church? No, the photos are by a Ghanaian skitmaker
Fact-check: No, Qatar Energy and FIFA are not giving out cash celebration gifts
Fact check: No, this photo showing naked dancers was not taken in a Juba Club
Fact-check: University of Juba VC overstated 2022 graduation figures in August
Fact-check: Yes, this was the ball used in the first World Cup final in 1930
Fact-check: No, these photos do not show a drinking competition in Juba recently
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-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.