The ClarityDeskJuly 21, 2026
Several news reports published between 18 and 20 July 2026 claim that the government of South Sudan has introduced a new visa policy granting free-visa entry for only citizens of Egypt and Tanzania, but this is false.
Among the outlets that published the claim are TRT Africa, KT Press, SS24, techcabal, and Pulse Nigeria.
“The Government of South Sudan has updated its visa policy, granting full visa-free entry to citizens of only Egypt and Tanzania,” SS24 reports via a Facebook post.
The reports quote a visa eligibility table outlining fees for both single and multiple entry published on https://www.evisa.gov.ss/eligibility, the Government eServices Portal of South Sudan, developed by the Ministry of Interior, South Sudan National Police, Directorate of Civil Registry, Nationality, Passports and Immigration, Department of e-Visa and immigration service.
Debunking the Claim:
The ClarityDesk checked the official government website for visa-eligibility, the Office of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (https://mofaic.gov.ss/visa-eligibility/) and found that Egypt, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania are the visa-free countries although South Africa seems to be one but its status is not clarified.
South Sudan’s Ministry of Interior dismissed the claim as false, misleading, and without any official legal or administrative basis.
“…South Sudan has not promulgated any increasing or restricting visa-free entry exclusively to the nationals of Egypt and Tanzania, etc nor has it approved the visa fee structure currently circulating in the media. Any amendments to immigration regulations are undertaken through established legal procedures and communicated exclusively through official government channels before coming into force,” the ministry said through its Facebook page.
The visa eligibility and fees table published on https://www.evisa.gov.ss/eligibility has also been removed from the website.
Our Verdict:
The ClarityDesk finds a claim that the government of South Sudan has updated its visa policy, granting full visa-free entry to citizens of only Egypt and Tanzania to be false. South Sudan’s Interior Ministry says it has not issued any directive, policy decision, or statutory instrument introducing such changes to the country’s immigration or visa regime.
This article is published by The ClarityDesk through the Young Journalists Media Integrity Fellowship, with the support of the Election Civic Tech Fund of AfricTivistes, within the AHEAD Africa and Digitalise Youth projects, led by the Digital Democracy Initiative.
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