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Fact-checking and Information Verification in South Sudan

Fact-check: African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum 2024 WhatsApp hoax

The organisation has said that the WhatsApp message with a website link claiming to advertise the African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum 2024 is a scam...

Fact-check: Students laptop scheme 2024 WhatsApp message is fake

There is no official announcement or information from any government or educational authority about such a scheme...

Fact-check: Canadian government 2024 visa sponsorship jobs WhatsApp message is a hoax 

Canadian government 2024 visa sponsorship jobs WhatsApp message is a hoax. The opportunities are shared on a fake website without connection to the Canadian government...

Fact-check: Over 50,000 people at Yei Freedom Square? The figure is unproven

There is no evidence to support this statistical claim, as the photos of the New Year celebration event show that the Yei Freedom Square was not filled...

Fact-check: An American Chamber of Commerce doesn’t exist in South Sudan

The Facebook page that claims to offer grants to entrepreneurs and SMEs is illegitimate, trying to get people's details for selfish use...

Fact-check: MTN South Sudan isn’t offering a free 10GB Christmas offer?

The website linked in the WhatsApp message is not affiliated with MTN, and it is a phishing scam...

Fact-check: Mc Lumoex is a South Sudanese singer, not a Ghanaian

Mc Lumoex has been incorrectly labelled as Ghanaian instead of being recognised as a South Sudanese singer...

Canadian government 2024 visa sponsorship jobs WhatsApp message is a hoax. The opportunities are shared on a fake website without connection to the Canadian government.

Unveiling the Powerhouses: Top 30 Facebook Pages in South Sudan 2023

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki is alive, his foundation has said

There is no evidence to support this statistical claim, as the photos of the New Year celebration event show that the Yei Freedom Square was not filled.

The photo is of Jeffery Okafor, a Nigerian arrested for the suspected murder of a student in London.

The Facebook page that claims to offer grants to entrepreneurs and SMEs is illegitimate, trying to get people's details for selfish use.

The website linked in the WhatsApp message is not affiliated with MTN, and it is a phishing scam

Mc Lumoex has been incorrectly labelled as Ghanaian instead of being recognised as a South Sudanese singer.

Nile Petroleum Corporation (NILEPET) swiftly debunked the letter as fraudulent on their official Facebook page

WhatsApp is not offering 1000 GB of free internet as its 10th-anniversary data gift

On his official Facebook page, Promoter Kay Two dismissed the news as fake

This job ad is a scam. Pyramid Continental Hotel Juba did not advertise any job position

The tablets mentioned do not contain PPA. It is a compound that was banned years ago.

Although it was taken in Zaire, the image was captured in January 1994 and is of a Rwandese boy crying over his dead father.

There’s insufficient evidence that fenbendazole can cure cancer

The World Health Organization publishes vacancies and manages candidate profiles using the Stellis platform.

The robot was filmed at an African restaurant in Indianapolis and is a product of US-based company Bear Robotics.

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