Fact-check: Watch out for a WFP job scam on WhatsApp, and don't be fooled by fake recruitment messages
#211Check – Fact Checked Reports
South Sudan S.4 Results 2023: A Comprehensive Analysis of Performance by Gender, States, and Schools
The claim that dead fish in Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan, are caused by oil pollution is difficult to verify based on the available evidence
Explainer: Propaganda, misinformation or disinformation; what are they?
This article discusses Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, how they can be prevented and mitigated, and their potential impact on businesses.
What does digital violence mean to women in South Sudan?
South Sudan's population surges to 12.4 million, reveals 2021 survey
Fact-check: Is Al Fateh Tower destroyed in Khartoum, Sudan?
Fact-check: Is Al Fateh Tower destroyed in Khartoum, Sudan?
Why South Sudan has the most expensive internet data rates in East Africa
This is a social media scam intended to steal personal information from unsuspecting public members
Fact-check: These pictures don’t depict the Sudan pipeline transporting oil from South Sudan
Fact-check: These pictures don’t depict the Sudan pipeline transporting oil from South Sudan
Fact-check: Is UNICEF currently offering employment opportunities?
Fact-check: Is UNICEF currently offering employment opportunities?
Fact-check: These shoes (Tex Hazel) weren’t found in South Sudan
These shoes are not found in South Sudan. They were invented in Nevada, USA in 1920
Common misconceptions about fact-checking and information verification
Fact-check: This job advert is not from the National Population Census
Fact-check: This job advert is not from the National Population Census
Fact-check: Did NRA South Sudan publish a recruitment advert?
Fact-check: Did NRA South Sudan publish a recruitment advert?
Fact-check: Did this woman run mad somewhere in South Sudan?
Fact-Check: Did this woman run mad somewhere in South Sudan?
Fact-check: Did President Kiir cry on his return from the tour in Bahr el Ghazal?
Fact-check: Did Pope Francis say celibacy can be revised? Yes, he did
Fact-check: Did Pope Francis say celibacy can be revised? Yes, he did
Fact-check: Is a new ocean forming in East Africa? Yes, scientists say so
Fact-check: Is a new ocean forming in East Africa? Yes, scientists say so
Fact-check: These images are not of a protest in Nairobi, Kenya
Fact-check: These images are not of a man named Bismark in Juba
Fact-Checking & Information Verification In South Sudan
211 Check is South Sudan’s first and only independent fact-checking and information verification flagship project established by Defyhatenow in March 2020 to counter COVID-19 dis/misinformation but has since grown in its scope of work. It became a signatory of the International Fact-checking Network’s (IFCN) Code of Principles in March 2023.
If you believe that 211 Check is violating the IFCN Code of Principles, you can report this through the complaints page on the IFCN site.