Author: 211 Check editorial team Rigorous findings carried out by 211 Check crew have identified the notorious online Madam Atong Foundation Scholarship as fraud and deceitful page established to scam desperate South Sudanese and Sudanese students seeking scholarships online.
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It’s true that Ecobank has an upcoming event. But it’s not an anniversary, not its 40th either. This is an event hinged on corporate social responsibility and no participants are required to click the malicious link above in order to join. And, there will be no specified $3000 present, at least. By...
On Wednesday 13th October 2021, a press release by the office of The Vice President for Service Cluster and Chairman of the National Taskforce on COVID-19, Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, announced that Public and Private Institutions will now have to undergo Mandatory COVID-19 Test and Vaccination. By...
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has an initiative named Presidential Youth Entrepreneurship Support (P-YES) and the application dates for 2021 have not yet been announced. Their official site is hosted at www.p-yes.gov.ng By: Oriba Douglas A widely shared WhatsApp message claims that the...
By 211 Check Editorial Team Only 870 candidates out of 33,255 failed the 2020/21 Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations. The results were announced last Friday by Awut Deng Acuil, the Minister of General Education and Instruction who also serves as the chair of the National Examinations...
As technology continues to become a part of our day-to-day life, social media impersonation attempts by malicious actors are also far from coming to a halt but rather becoming more sophisticated in nature. By Vukeni Innocent Joseph When we think about impersonation, the first thing that comes...
The UNICEF South Sudan Communications Officer has told 211 Check that the recruitment for vacant positions allegedly by the organisation is fake, and no one should recognize it because they don’t receive job applications via email. By Emmanuel Bida Thomas A job posting purportedly from UNICEF South...
Old hoax about WhatsApp ‘ending tomorrow at 6 pm’ circulating again in South Sudan, but here’s the truth By 211 Check Editorial Team The infamous Varun Pulyani WhatsApp message has reappeared. The fake message purporting to be from WhatsApp’s director, Varun Pulyani, has been circulating once...
Report By: Emmanuel Bida Thomas Data obtained by 211 Check according to media estimates show that 114 individuals were killed as a result of violence in the month of September. This is based on information obtained from mainstream media; Radio Tamazuj, Eye Radio, and Radio Miraya news reports...
A 211 Check, Defy Hate Now South Sudan Report Introduction The monitoring for this social media health report took place from September 1, 2021, to September 30, 2021. This month’s monitoring includes a comprehensive study of social media posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp...
By Woja Emmanuel Wani and Viola Elias – AFF Cohort 3 fellows South Sudan like other countries is battling to contain the spread of Covid-19 since the world youngest nation registered its first coronavirus case on April 5 2019 through a foreign national that travelled from the Netherlands via...
Author: Bida Emmanuel Introduction This social media health report is based on data collected during working days from August 1st to August 31st, 2021. The major goal of the report is to examine the main and most talked about conversations on various social media platforms. The report as...
By 211 Check Editorial Team A data report released by 211 Check articulates that at least 192 persons across the country died in August alone due to incidents related to gun-violence. The report is based on death tales generated from reports issued by prominent media houses, such as Radio...
By: 211 Check Editorial Team South Sudan’s Central Bank appeals to online and offline communities to disregard the trending 5,000 South Sudanese Pounds bank note. This comes after many online users expressed concerns, why the bank would introduce the new
Author: Emmanuel Bida South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit weeks ago reconstituted the Transitional National Transitional Legislative Assembly, as stipulated in the revitalized peace agreement. The reconstituted national assembly now consists of 550 lawmakers, drawn from all political parties that
Author: Emmanuel Bida 211 Check investigations have identified the trending message [link] about Toyota’s 80th Anniversary Celebration and the giveaway of a Toyota Corolla being sent to numerous internet users on various social media platforms as a scam. The new
Author: Emmanuel Bida Uganda’s government institution has misfired Sudanese politician Malik Agar as a South Sudanese and a Vice President as well, according to online information found by 211 Check on Wednesday. A tweet by Government of Uganda @GovUganda on
Author: Emmanuel Bida – Associate Editor A new 211 Check report has revealed South Sudan in the East African region the country with most expensive domestic electricity charges. The statistics unveiled Juba Electricity Distribution Company (JEDCO) as the lead company
Author: Garang Abraham – Managing Editor At least eighty-two people have died in different plane crashes since South Sudan succeeded from Sudan nine years ago, according to Aviation Safety Network. As per the data obtained by 211 Check, the
Author: Woja Emmanuel The man whose picture went viral on social media alleged to be South Sudan’s former Central Bank governor, mourning the death of Chadian President is a Juba-based Sudanese businessman, according to 211 Check findings. On Tuesday this
Author: Emmanuel Bida Online fact checking investigative findings regarding some recent pictures alleged to have been taken on top of Jebel Kujur in Juba have revealed those images as untrue. Last week, some photos made rounds on social media, especially
Author: Viola Lubang Various online search engines have unveiled the true location of the street that many South Sudanese netizens mistook for Juba. South Sudan being a developing country, a lot of photos always emerge ranging from those portraying insecurity,
Author: Emmanuel Bida Health officials have confirmed that the 59,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the African Union, Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and MTN were not expired as perceived by many South Sudanese. Earlier this week,
Author: Emmanuel Bida Military officials have confirmed that Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Minister Peter Mayen did not shoot into the air to disrupt women’s football match in the Aweil town of Warrap State as reported by various citizen journalists
Author: Emmanuel Bida and Garang Abraham Uganda’s renowned media house has over the weekend run a false statement, regarding the distance between Uganda Elegu border town and South Sudan’s capital Juba, 211 Check investigation has found out. On Sunday, NBS
Author: Emmanuel Bida Days ago, a South Sudanese journalist tweeted that a government official has told Reuters it would not use the 59,000 vaccines it had received last month as a donation from MTN and the African Union because they
Author: Africa Check and 211 Check Last week, the global fact-checking community again observes International Fact-Checking Day. It’s an annual celebration for our community and a rallying cry for better information in public health, journalism and everyday life. April 2021 also
Author: Viola Elias A misleading post! Juba Television – unregulated online media house with 211,184 followers a few hours ago posted that President Salva Kiir resigned and ran to Bor Town. “Breaking News: South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has
Author: Emmanuel Bida and Garang Abraham A fabricated video! Kindly disregard the current trending video on WhatsApp and Facebook which states that the then SPLA soldiers opened fire on protestors in Western Bhar-el-Ghazel State. Earlier this morning, a video surfaced
Author: Emmanuel Bida and Garang Abraham A misleading post! South Sudan authorities have refuted media report which states that nine Uganda nationals were killed in South Sudan over the weekend. The New Vision’s Tuesday edition specified that nine Uganda drivers
Author: Emmanuel Bida, AFF-Cohort 1 fellow On Monday this week, 34,536 candidates across South Sudan began their 2020 Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations – a landmark ceremony that was officiated by President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, who ranged the bell at
Author: A story fact checked by Viola Elias – AFF – Cohort 2 fellow The National Police Service has responded to online claims that South Sudan authorities are running the country’s affairs without possession of teargas. Teargas is described as
Caption, from left: The late John Pombe Magufuli, Tanzania’s president; Ambassador John Kijazi, was Chief Secretary; Oswald Simon Majuva, was the deputy regional commissioner in Mara province and Augustine Mahiga who was the Constitutional and Legal Affairs minister. [Courtesy] Fact-Check: Did
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