South Sudanese who sunk their hard-earned money into a “US venture capital firm” promising mouthwatering returns are worried. They have reason to be - there are many signs that not all was what it seems to be.
#211Check – Fact Checked Reports
Fact-check: World Bank and International Finance Corporation giving money to farmers and SMEs in South Sudan? No, it is just another Facebook scam
According to the Ministry of Investment, the page where the call for applications was published was a forgery and not its official Facebook account. It requests that the public refrain from following it and dealing with the news published on
Fact-check: Does mGurush charge clients for deposits? No, it doesn't
Fact-check: How Real is Sweden Visa Sponsorship Jobs 2023?
Fact-check: This is not the way to apply for the UN Volunteer Program
Fact-check: Is Ecobank offering 100,000 pounds for free? No, it is a scam and should not be interacted with
Fact-check: Photo showing an incident involving South Sudanese in Kenya? No
Fact-check: South Sudanese woman did not confess having sexual intercourse with son to maintain riches
Explainer: What is the difference between a Nationality Certificate and National ID in South Sudan?
Writer: Emmanuel Bida Thomas A Facebook post shared by a user on 30 September 2022 with the caption “No comments.” that appears to show a signpost with the inscription “Juba City Council” is false. Nearly 50 people interacted with the
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
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.
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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