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.
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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...
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 link widely shared on various WhatsApp groups claiming...
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, Eastern Equatoria State is false. “The conflict between pastoralists and farmers...
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 audience talking after claiming to show a plane with a South Sudan flag and extra...
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...
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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.
More than 2,000 locals mostly young men have been circumcised since the exercise started in July 2021.
By Oriba Douglas According to a national census conducted in 2008, prior to South Sudan’s independence in 2011, people with disabilities accounted for 5.1 per cent of the population, though the census is controversial and the number of disabled people
A look at the areas within South Sudan where flooding occurred the last year 2021, the populations affected and the exact counties that experienced the flooding.
Steve Topua has been in #defyhatenow since March 2020. His roles include data analysis and training. He is involved in data analysis work (data collection, analysis and visualization). He has been involved in training fellows/participants in several Fellowships done by
George Hakim Egily is a South Sudanese journalist, filmmaker and social media activist. Hakim is interested in local, national, and international politics, as well as conflict resolution dialogue, as a result of his experience working with the world’s leading media
Beatrice Amude Paulino is a Fact-Checker at 211 Check, #defyhatenow South Sudan. She is a working journalist and a member of the South Sudanese Female Journalist Network (FJN). Beatrice is creative, has research abilities, is adaptable and eager to learn,
Emmanuel Bida Thomas is a Project Coordinator at 211 Check, a fact-checking and information verification platform (flagship project of) #defyhatenow South Sudan. Bida also manages his personal Bida News Blog, a site about current affairs, fact-checks and media literacy. He
Marina is a social impact enthusiast, development advocacy journalist and a feminist. A believer in youth empowerment through exposure and availing resources that support ideation, transformation, peace-building and gender equality in all spheres. Previously, she worked as a broadcast journalist,
Nelson has been leading #defyhatenow’s Digital Media and Training teams since 2017. In this role, he supervises and controls all the 211 Check Desk and decides and implements the editorial policy and looks after its execution in consultation with the
The photo allegedly of a thief on a street light pole avoiding beating in Juba is FALSE. The image is from March 2019 in Kenya.
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