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
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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...
Author: 211 Check editorial team 211 Check investigative findings have revealed that a prominent Uganda news outlet ran a misleading story, claiming the Monday attack along South Sudan’s major highway left two Ugandan reverends sisters killed. According to a story published by renowned Daily...
Author: 211 Check editorial team Does South Sudan have 40 million herds of cattle? No. 211 Check investigations have discovered that South Sudan doesn’t have forty billion herds of cattle as stated by the youth minister. Speaking at an event to mark the International Youth Day at the...
Core values 1. Commitment to non-partisanship and non-political affiliation We fact-check claims using the same standard for every fact check, that is applicable to any story from various fields and works of life. In order to have a productive impact on creating content, we do not concentrate...
A report compiled by 211 Check Introduction During this reporting period, a total of 127 out 197 pages being monitored published nearly 15,000 posts at an average of 4.66 posts per day. The interactions were way up by +48.28% compared to the previous month. Most of the interactions were around...
As some countries around the globe fight to contain the outbreak of Covid-19 various waves, South Sudan remains vulnerable to more infections from the expected third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, according to health experts. Recently, the Ministry of Health confirmed the presence of the Delta...
South Sudan recorded its first Covid-19 case on April 5, 2020, through a foreign national that travelled from the Netherlands via the Ethiopian Capital Addis Ababa, and then later to Juba. After the announcement of the first case, health authorities and partners who anticipated the virus went to...
Author: Emmanuel Bida 211 Check July investigation has shown a huge decrease of citizens killed as a result of gun-violence across the country in July this year. A monthly data gathered by 211 Check from reports published by prominent mainstream media houses, such as Radio Miraya, Radio Tamazuj, Eye...
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
Author: A story fact checked by Emmanuek Bida and DefyHateNow Ethiopia team Ethiopia and Eritrea authorities have described the alleged recent visit of their heads of States to South Sudan as false and fabricated information meant to mislead the public.
A misleading image On 14th of March 2021, Eye Radio published a communal violence story where a cattle related attack reportedly left two people killed in Lake State. However, the story featured an image with a caption that stated the
Warrap State governor didn’t fall into an ambush, all his bodyguards are alive, his Press Office has confirmed. Gen. Aleu Ayieng, the recently appointed governor of Warrap State in the unity government was not attacked and none of his
Authors: Story fact checked by Geu Lazarus and Garang Abraham The alleged Facebook accident between a motorist and an elephant along the Juba-Nimule Highway over the weekend is a false information, according to a local official and online search engines.
Indeed, South Sudan has only three psychiatrists Claim: South Sudan has three psychiatrists Verdict: Checked Source: UNICEF (a tweet by Radio Miraya) South Sudan has only three psychiatrists, the ministry of health has confirmed. “South Sudan has only 3 psychiatrists
A report compiled by Okech Francis and Emmanuel Bida, AFF-South Sudan fellows Background In South Sudan’s current developing media landscape, social media has become a national phenomenon and can be considered a mutiny to the news environment. This is
A report compiled by Geu Lazarus and Juan Evelyn Mule, AFF-South Sudan fellows. Background Physical bullying is defined as the activity of repeated, aggressive behavior intended to hurt another individual physically, mentally, or emotionally, while cyberbullying is the use of
False Information! South Sudan has no plans of adopting anal swab Covid-19 test. It is being reported that South Sudan intends to adopt anal swab as a method of having quick COVID-19 test in fight against the novel coronavirus. The
Misleading post! The passenger did not die inside the plane as stated by some online media houses. Various online media houses and personnel on Friday misreported a story where a passenger that came from Khartoum, Sudan passed on at Juba
Fake news! President Salva Kiir hasn’t contracted Covid-19. When contacted by 211 Check on Friday, Presidential Press Secretary – Ateny Wek Ateny stated that president Kiir has not contracted the novel coronavirus as rumored on social media. “There are some
Fake News! Business lady Achai Wiir didn’t pay South Sudan’s UN membership debts. A news story published by a South Sudanese online news outlet on Tuesday, 15th of February stated that business lady – Achai Wiir cleared South Sudan’s UN
A misleading Post! The Sudanese boy was not killed in Uganda. The incident happened in Egypt last year. A post published on Facebook by a South Sudanese user last week indicated that a South Sudanese boy was reportedly murdered in
A misleading bank note, 5000 Pounds! According to online search engines, the current trending 5,000 denomination was manipulated. The Central Bank also confirmed to 211 Check that it only launched 1000 Pound note on Tuesday this week. Disregard the 5000
211 Check, reverse image searched the alleged picture of Tore Payam, Yei River County that was posted by a South Sudanese and was later reposted by media houses like Hot in Juba. According to Yandex, Tineye, Google Images and other
It would be accurate to say that the biggest amounts of hate speech and misinformation are circulated on social media platforms, most notably Facebook and Twitter. This is not in the least surprising since most of these perpetrators feel powerful
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