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Author: The ClarityDesk
Date: November 30, 2025
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FACT-CHECK: This World Food Programme massive recruitment advertisement is fake

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 […]
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Author: Martin Mawut
Date: November 30, 2025
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FACT-CHECK: The University of Toronto, Canada, is not offering this scholarship in 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 […]
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Author: Jibi Moses
Date: November 30, 2025
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South Sudan National Examinations Candidates Statistics for 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 […]
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Author: The ClarityDesk
Date: November 16, 2025
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FACT-CHECK: Rin Tueny Mabor not appointed Vice President for Economic Cluster

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, […]
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Author: Jibi Moses
Date: November 16, 2025
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FACT-CHECK: MTN MoMo didn’t start in South Sudan in 2018

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 […]
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Author: The ClarityDesk
Date: November 9, 2025
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FACT-CHECK: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni not hospitalized for kidney transplant and eye surgery

Written by Rufina Isaac President Museveni not Hospitalized A Facebook page “Naath Abroad” claimed that Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was hospitalized on the 18th of October 2025, for a kidney transplant and eye surgery, but this is false. While the post doesn’t explicitly mention President Museveni, it uses his image and also coincides with the duration […]
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Author: Jibi Moses
Date: November 9, 2025
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FACT-CHECK: Ateny Wek Ateny wasn’t picked by security for questioning

A social media claim that Ateny Wek Ateny was picked by security for questioning is false. Nation in Review, an online page which describes itself as a media critic with over 46,000 followers, was formerly created in December 2022 with the name I Support President Kiir and changed its name to the current one in […]
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Author: The ClarityDesk
Date: November 2, 2025
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FACT-CHECK: South Sudan’s National Elections Commission isn’t recruiting

The National Elections Commission of South Sudan is not recruiting staff. A claim widely shared on the WhatsApp platform that the National Electoral Commission of South Sudan is recruiting staff is false. The claimed advertisement has a link attached (archived) to it at the end with the words, “NEC STAFF RECRUITMENT 2024.” The message reads that ‘’ The National Electoral […]
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Author: Jibi Moses
Date: November 2, 2025
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FACT-CHECK: Tanzanian rioters didn’t attack Julius Nyerere International Airport

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 […]
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Author: Emmanuel Bida
Date: November 2, 2025
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FACT-CHECK: This image is not a house of the Tanzanian parliament speaker set on fire

A widely shared post by the Facebook page Watchdog Press claims that the home of the Speaker of Parliament in Mbeya City, Tanzania, was set ablaze during election-related riots on Friday, 31 October 2025. The accompanying image supposedly depicted the burning residence, but the claim is false. Press enter or click to view image in full size A screenshot […]
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