Written by: Rufina Isaac The link which is a newly registered domain is flagged as suspicious by VirusTotal A claim being widely forwarded to groups and personal contacts on a WhatsApp group, purportedly promoting an Equity Bank Christmas gift, is false. “Celebrate Christmas with Equity Bank and receive your exclusive present,” reads that link preview seen by The […]

Written by Gabriel Garang Garang No trucks loaded with South Sudanese pounds were intercepted in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State A claim posted on Facebook and Instagram alleging that Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State Governor Simon Ober transported money to Bar Mayen — Aweil Center County is false. The post published (archived) by the Aweil Homeland Facebook page on 21st November 2025 claimed that security forces […]

An article by the Number One Citizen, a South Sudanese daily English newspaper, has quoted that a customer claimed they had registered for the MTN South Sudan Mobile Money (MoMo) services in 2018, but this is false. The article (archived), published on 21 October 2025 titled ‘Cash Crunch Hits MoMo Users As MTN South Sudan Service Fails’ narrates the […]

Written by Rufina Isaac Bobi Wine was not declared Uganda’s President-elect A poster being widely circulated on Facebook claiming that Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert, also known as Bobi Wine, has been elected president of Uganda is false. “Bobi Wine elected as the legitimate president of Uganda,” reads in part the claim posted on Facebook by the page […]

Written by Rufina Isaac President Salva Kiir hasn’t dismissed his five vice presidents A claim (archived) making rounds on Facebook that South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit has dismissed his five vice presidents and dissolved parliament is false. “President Kiir Mayardit dismissed five vice presidents and dissolved parliament as South Sudan’s precarious peace broke down,” partly reads […]

The claim widely published on Facebook alleging that the military spokesperson of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement—In Opposition (SPLM-IO), Lam Paul Gabriel, has been arrested by the Ugandan Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) is false. “…for engaging in hostile media propagandas aimed at the destabilization of national security of South Sudan. He is currently being held […]

Written by Kei Emmanuel Duku A Facebook post with an image of a man holding an eagle, allegedly “belonging to a Russian research facility” touring Africa and touching down in Yambio in South Sudan, is false. The post was widely shared here and here. “An Eagle belonging to a Russian research facility was mistaken for delicious meat in Yambio,” […]

Written by: Rufina Isaac This World Food Programme massive recruitment advertisement is fake A claim widely spread on WhatsApp groups for a mass recruitment of 50,000 jobs at WFP in 2025 is false. The claim written in bold letters is “MASS RECRUITMENT AT WFP 2025 JOBS. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP). The 2025 RECRUITMENT form is available and recruitment has […]

The videos and images making the rounds on social media that the Tanzanian rioters have attacked Julius Nyerere International Airport are false. Gistlover, a Facebook page describing itself as a media/news company based in Lagos (Nigeria) with a following of over a million, posted the pictures (archived) and in less than 24 hours attracted over 9,000 reactions, over […]