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#211Check – Fact Checked Reports
Fact-checking and Information Verification in South Sudan
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 membership arrears. When fact-checked by 211 Check, the...
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 Uganda. But when the 211 Check team fact-checked the...
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 pound bank note being shared online. The post...
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 hiding behind the keyboard and therefore social media...
Just nine years down from independence after 21 years of brutal civil war with Sudan, South Sudan was left with no or poor infrastructural development. Specifically, technological development was as well left at a standstill. About a week ago, Tufts University ranked Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania...
The picture on the left was doctored to show a South Sudanese flag on the soldier’s uniform The original picture shows fruit vendors being chased off the streets of Kampala. Photograph: Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty Images full story here https://bit.ly/3c83Ws0
The picture on the right is fake The picture is a screen capture from a video on NTV Kenya’s youtube channel showing a piece of breaking news on the arrest of Kiambu County Governor Mr. Ferdinand Waititu in Kenya, July
The picture on the left was manipulated to show President Putin wearing full protective clothing during an official meeting. The original photo shows the Russian President Vladimir Putin chairing a meeting with members of the Security Council at the Novo-Ogaryovo
Summary Closure of Juba International Airports and all other international airports. Airlines advised to seize their flight in and out of South Sudan by midnight, 23 March. The following operations will be exempt a. Food cargo flights b. Aircraft in
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