#211Check – Fact Checked Reports
Fact-checking and Information Verification in South Sudan
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 resigned and run to Bor. This is a developing...
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 online indicating that some...
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 were killed in a highway ambush along...
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 Juba Day Secondary School...
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 a gas that causes severe irritation...
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. Fact-Check: Did Magufuli...
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. On March 5, 2021, a post by Ethiopian...
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 picture was taken in Yirol County of Lakes State, by the UN...
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 bodyguards is dead, according to Albino Kuek – the...
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. On Saturday, a South Sudanese Facebook user...
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 for the whole...
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 because various users create their own...
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