Writer: Emmanuel Bida Thomas South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC), a state-owned broadcaster, announced on Saturday, October 1, 2022, on its Facebook page that the speaker of the Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) reshuffled a list of elected members
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Fact-check: Money impounded from a minister’s wife in Khartoum, Sudan? No, it is an old video
The video footage is from an unrelated event in December 2021.
There were no babies born with anencephaly in their department on September 18, 2022, according to a member of the surgical team at Juba Teaching Hospital. He also stated that the images that are going around do not accurately depict the Juba Teaching Hospital's obstetrics and gynecology theater.
The suspected case was identified in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria State, with similar Ebola signs. However, it's only the laboratory test that will confirm whether he has the Ebola virus or not, according to health authorities.
Cancer Research UK does not support the use of graviola to treat cancer. Their advice is to be very cautious about believing information or paying for any type of alternative cancer therapy on the internet because they say claims that graviola can treat cancer are not backed up by research.
This alert is not available on the official website of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The United Nations denies having issued it.
Although social media declared him suspended, Dier Tong, the minister of finance and planning, is still in office.
Fact-check: These photos, allegedly of a bride running out of a church, are not taken in Juba
The directive by the Bank of South Sudan for commercial banks to block and freeze accounts of Silicone Valley South Sudan Co. Limited is true. The Bank of South Sudan confirmed that the viral letter is its official document.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is no cure for HIV infection. False claims of HIV cures exploit the hopes people have that an HIV cure will be developed, to generate publicity.
South Sudan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations have no data on how much okra South Sudan produces. Official statistics name Nigeria as the largest producer of okra in Africa.
The competition has no digital footprint, and major news outlets haven’t reported it. A rare case of global competition.
MTN South Sudan is just ten years old, and it marked its 10th anniversary in June 2021. Therefore, do not click and provide your contact address or personal information to suspicious online websites. By Kei Emmanuel Duku Introduction: A website
By 211 Check Desk A Facebook post by a page “Sixty 4 Tribes Press” with a photo of Mwijukwe Robert Lubang claiming that he was part of a group who initiated a conflict between pastoralists and farmers in Magwi County,
Achai Wiir, via her verified Facebook page, asserted that the post shared about her giving all South Sudanese artists $ 2000 each this year is fake news.
A Facebook post showing a plane with luggage on top, posted by a social media user on the evening of April 21, 2022, is photoshopped and meant for satire. By William Afani Paul A Facebook post last evening left the
Fact-check: This image does not show vehicles submerged in floodwater following today’s rain in Juba
This image does not show vehicles submerged in floodwater following today’s rain in Juba
The “Civil Service Commission” though provided for in the Transitional Constitution of South Sudan has not been established yet. The Ministry of public service does its role.
The Ministry of Petroleum said on its Facebook page that the letter purportedly showing the resignation of Awow Daniel Chaung was fabricated.
A photo of newborn babies laid on plastic chairs allegedly in a public hospital in South Sudan is FALSE. The picture emanated from Kawempe General Referral Hospital in Uganda in August 2019.
In February 2022, 211 Check debunked the same business grant and reported the page to Facebook for removal. However, six days ago, another page was created and is running an ad about the same grant. A media official at the Ministry of Finance and Planning says the Facebook page running the advert is fake.
Fact-Checking & Information Verification In South Sudan
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