Author: Veryfact
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SITUATION OVERVIEW IN SUDAN CONFLICTS
Since fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted on 15 April 2023 in the capital Khartoum, more than 7.3 million people have fled their homes, taking refuge inside and outside the country, with children representing about half of the people displaced. Sudan is now the country with the…
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WHAT ARE CLICKBAITS AND WHY ARE THEY SHARED ONLINE!
Clickbait is a text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow that link and read, view, or listen to the linked piece of online content, being typically deceptive, sensationalized, or otherwise misleading. Clickbait is often characterised by sensationalism, exaggeration, or misleading information. The primary goal of…
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Museveni’s Leadership: Between Achievements and Adversities”
Stretching back from 1971 to 1979, Ugandans witnessed relentless terror under former Uganda’s President Iddi Amini under he’s brutal rule, He was responsible for widespread human rights abuses and violence during his regime. However, it is challenging to provide a specific number of individuals he personally ordered to be killed. Estimates of the number of…
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Electoral Disinformation in East Africa
As social media usage and digital communication proliferate in developing countries including East Africa, so does voter manipulation in digital spaces. The gathering and distortion of data to target and manipulate the voter, the usage and publication of false Data or Data presented out of context or in a wrong context, false information,False digital identities,…
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Renown Ugandan City Pastor Aloysius Bugingo escapes Gun attack, Driver Dies.
National: Uganda’s renown Prominent Pastor and businessman, Aloysius Bugingo has been attacked by unknown Gunmen on he’s way home on. Tuesday evening in Namungoona, city suburbs of Kampala. Details remain scanty.However, police officials said Bugingo was rushed to Mulago National Referral Hospital on Tuesday night.“He is being treated at Mulago,” said a source, adding, “We…
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President Felix Tshisekedi declared winner of DRC election
A wave of jubilation swept through the ranks of Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo’s supporters on Sunday, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, creating an atmosphere of sheer joy and excitement. The exuberance was triggered by the announcement from the country’s election commission, officially declaring Tshisekedi’s resounding re-election with an impressive majority, securing over 70% of…
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UPDF kills ADF rebels’ leader Musa Kamusi behind Kamwenge attacks
01 of ADF identified as second in command of Njovu & the most wanted Musa Kamusi who attacked Kamwenge has been put out of action in Kibale national park today morning at 9:00am. Recovered on him is 1PK gun, 02 IEDs and Amoos. PHOTO/COURTESY in a significant blow to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), Commander…
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Fact-check: This video of a leaking roof isn’t at Entebbe International Airport, Uganda
The video is of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi. A video making rounds on social media, claiming to show a leaking roof at Entebbe International Airport, is misleading. The video, which was shared on TikTok (archived here) on November 16, 2023, among other platforms, had a voice from the background and words inscribed on it that…
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Assessment of Gender based violence among HIV discordant Couples in Uganda
Gender-based violence (GBV), defined as violence perpetrated against an individual based on their gender/ gender identity and It is an important global health and human rights concern. GBV includes physical, sexual and psychological/emotional violence and can be perpetrated by a variety of actors, including intimate partners (referred to as intimate partner violence (IPV)), family members,…
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Indigenous Batwa of Ituri
The Indigenous Batwa of Ituri. The first inhabitants of the mountain forests of the Rift Valley and one of the world’s first Homo sapiens, along with the Kalahari San people, Batwa carries DNA that dates back 60,000 years or more of according to National Library of medicine. There is an estimated number of 67,000 living…