FACT-CHECK: This image is not of a meeting between Nathaniel Oyet and Donald Trump

A claim published on Facebook by Naath Voice on 7 March 2026 alleges that the acting SPLA/M-IO chairman, Nathaniel Oyet, met with the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, at the White House in Washington, DC, but this is false.

“Thank God our voice reaches the White House in Washington DC… The Acting Chairman of SPLA/M-IO, Nathaniel Oyet, meets U.S. President Donald J. Trump… The end of Salva Kiir’s leadership.”

Other social media handles that shared the same image in the recent days are seen here, here and here.

Debunking the Claim:

An image analysis using ZeroGPT AI Image Detector returned results that found the image being 98% FAKE and AI-generated.

This analysis shows that the image is an AI-generated image, as it contains the following characteristics:

Presence of Inconsistency in the Face and Lighting

Presence of Inconsistency in the Background, Absence of Official Symbols. 

Reports from Radio Tamazuj and Sudans Post show that Nathaniel Oyet, the acting SPLM-IO chairman, has been in the US to shore up support for his party, but none reported instances of him meeting the US president Donald Trump.

Our Verdict:
The ClarityDesk has found the claim that an image shows Nathaniel Oyet met Donald Trump in Washington to be false. The image isAI-generated image.

This article is published by The ClarityDesk, 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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