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The ClarityDeskDecember 20, 2025

Written by Rufina Isaac The domain is exploited for scams or phishing because the link has hidden destinations that can’t tell what site it points to A claim doing rounds on WhatsApp and other social media platforms alleging that JIT Mart is giving exclusive Christmas gifts is false. “Celebrate Christmas with JIT Mart and receive your exclusive present […]

The ClarityDeskDecember 19, 2025

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 […]

The ClarityDeskDecember 19, 2025

The image attached to the post is old A claim (archived) posted on Facebook, by Aweil Aweil News Agency, on 5 December 2025, with a photo allegedly showing firefighters on duty in a Custom Market fire incident, is false. The Facebook post where the fire brigade personnel appeared in the picture garnered 582 reactions, 179 comments and 10 shares, all […]

The ClarityDeskDecember 3, 2025

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 […]

Jibi MosesDecember 3, 2025

A claim making rounds that the Mayor of Juba City Council, Christopher Sarafino Wani Swaka (archived), was arrested by the National Security is false. The post (archived) published by Juba TV, an online news outlet with a Facebook page, claimed a citywide vendor-clearance operation ordered by Juba City Mayor Christopher Sarafino Swaka has escalated into violence, with eyewitnesses reporting several fatalities during […]

The ClarityDeskNovember 30, 2025

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 […]

Martin MawutNovember 30, 2025

The University of Toronto, Canada, is not offering this scholarship in 2025 A viral post making rounds on WhatsApp claiming the University of Toronto, Canada, is offering a fully funded scholarship for 2025/2026 covering tuition, accommodation, living allowance, travel, and medical care, which carries a suspicious link, is false. “It’s here again: Canada 2025/26 scholarship admission into […]

Jibi MosesNovember 30, 2025

On the 13th of November, 2025, the Ministry of General Education and Instruction announced it has finalized all preparations for the final examinations, both the Certificate for Primary Education (CPE) and the Certificate for Secondary Education (CSE), and therefore released the respective timetables. The minister, Dr Kuyok Abol Kuyok, revealed that a total of 84,815 candidates have registered for […]

The ClarityDeskNovember 16, 2025

Written by: Rufina Isaac Rin Tueny Mabor not appointed Vice President A claim (archived link) being spread on social media that Rin Tueny Mabor was appointed as South Sudan’s Vice President for the Economic Cluster, deputy Commander-in-Chief and first deputy for SPLM, is false. South Sudan Eye, a Facebook page which describes itself as a news personality, […]

Jibi MosesNovember 16, 2025

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 […]

FACT-CHECK: The viral JIT Mart Christmas gift link is a scam

FACT-CHECK: The Equity Bank Christmas gift link circulating on WhatsApp is a scam

FACT-CHECK: This image is not of firefighters extinguishing fire in Custom

FACT-CHECK: No trucks loaded with South Sudanese pounds were intercepted in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State

FACT-CHECK: Juba city mayor Christopher Sarafino Wani Swaka not arrested

FACT-CHECK: This World Food Programme massive recruitment advertisement is fake

FACT-CHECK: The University of Toronto, Canada, is not offering this scholarship in 2025

South Sudan National Examinations Candidates Statistics for 2025

FACT-CHECK: Rin Tueny Mabor not appointed Vice President for Economic Cluster

FACT-CHECK: MTN MoMo didn’t start in South Sudan in 2018

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