Ghai Aketch Deng, Fact-checker

October 14, 2022/in Team

Ghai Aketch Deng is a news reporter with Sawa Sawa Network. He covers stories on the environment, youth, education, peace implementation, and humanitarian situations in South Sudan.

Before joining 211 Check, Aketch worked as a photographer and technical studio operator for KU-TV Kenya. He also worked for Jhpiego-John Hopkins University affiliate as a supervisor for outreach programs.

Additionally, he volunteered for humanitarian organisations, working as an English language teacher in various refugee camps in Uganda. His work experience in the humanitarian sector has helped him better understand issues affecting communities and the role of digital media in storytelling, healing, and peace-building.

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.

Ghai Aketch Deng, Fact-checker

Fact-Checking & Information Verification In South Sudan

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