False claims

Claims that fact-checkers rated false or misleading. They are recorded so they are not mistaken for findings.

Each entry leads with the verdict. The claim itself is folded away so that reading this page does not repeat it.

False or misleading
Beam Reports verdict: FABRICATED (مفبرك). Original: الادعاء مفبرك. حيث لم يرد في الحساب الرسمي لوزير الدفاع الإيراني. أيضًا، ومن خلال البحث عبر الكلمات المفتاحية الواردة في متن الادعاء، لم يجد فريق «مرصد بيم» أيّ مصدر إعلامي موثوق قد نَشر ما يؤكد صحة الادعاء موضع التحقُّق.
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Iran – 'defence minister tells UAE Iran will arm SAF with long-range/intercontinental missiles'
Viral post (Jan 2024) claiming Iran's defence minister warned the UAE that Iran would support the Sudanese army with long-range and intercontinental missiles unless the UAE stopped backing the RSF.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-SAF Facebook pages (several with hundreds of thousands of followers)
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 30 Jan 2024
NamesIran UAE
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Beam Reports verdict: FABRICATED (مفبرك). Original: التصريح مفبرك؛ إذ لم يرِد في موقع الخارجية الإيرانية ولا في موقع وكالة الأنباء الإيرانية، كما لم يُسفر البحث بالكلمات المفتاحية عن أيّ نتائج تثبت صحة الادعاء.
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Iran – 'official announcement that Iran will join the war against the RSF'
Viral post (June 2025) presenting an 'official' Iranian statement that Iran would take part in the war against the RSF, fight any state backing the RSF and support SAF.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-SAF Facebook pages (several with hundreds of thousands of followers) and general-interest pages (one with ~900K followers)
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 17 Jun 2025
NamesIran
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Beam Reports verdict: FABRICATED (مفبرك). Original: الادعاء مفبرك. إذ لم يرد ذكره في الحسابات الرسمية للمتحدث الرسمي باسم القوات المسلحة المصرية، بالإضافة إلى ذلك فإن البحث عن طريق الكلمات المفتاحية لم يفض إلى نتائج تدعم صحة الادعاء محل التحقق.
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Egypt – fabricated 'Egyptian military spokesman denies Egypt blocked a SAF weapons ship'
A statement attributed to Egypt's military spokesman denying that Egypt stopped a ship carrying weapons for the Sudanese army from reaching Port Sudan and affirming Egypt stands 'with full force' behind Sudan's institutions. Both the denial and (per Beam's search) the underlying 'ship detained' story lack any source.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by social-media pages (alignment mixed)
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 20 Apr 2024
NamesEgypt
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Beam Reports verdict: FABRICATED (مفبرك). Original: التصريح مفبرك؛ إذ لم يرِد في الحساب الرسمي للمتحدث العسكري المصري ولا في موقع وزارة الدفاع المصرية. كما لم يُسفر البحث بالكلمات المفتاحية عن أيّ نتائج تثبت صحة الادعاء.
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Egypt – fabricated quote of the defence minister praising SAF
Viral quote (June 2025) attributed to Egypt's defence minister: the saying 'numbers beat courage' was disproved by the Sudanese army.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-SAF Facebook pages (several with hundreds of thousands of followers)
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 3 Jun 2025
NamesEgypt
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Beam Reports verdict: MISLEADING (مضلل) – old 2020 image. Original: الادعاء مضلل. إذ أن الصورة قديمة تم نشرها من قبل على الإنترنت في عام 2020 وليس لها علاقة بالأحداث الجارية. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، فإن البحث بالكلمات المفتاحية الواردة في نص الادعاء لم يُسفر عن نتائج تؤكد صحة الادعاء.
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Egypt – image of 'Egyptian air force personnel assisting SAF'
Image (July 2024) said to show SAF 'using Egyptian Air Force personnel wearing the Egyptian flag who mark targets on the map'. Beam: a 2020 photo unrelated to current events.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-RSF / anti-SAF accounts
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 30 Jul 2024
NamesEgypt
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Beam Reports verdict: MISLEADING (مضلل) – 2018 video. Original: الادعاء مضلل حيث أن مقطع الفيديو قديم تم نشره عام 2018 وليس له علاقة بالسودان أو الدعم السريع إنما يوثق تعامل القوات الجوية المصرية مع مجموعة إرهابية على حدودهم الغربية بحسب مقطع الفيديو.
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Egypt – video of 'Egyptian air strikes on an RSF column coming from Libya'
Video (Apr 2024) said to show the Egyptian army striking an RSF column of ten Land Cruisers infiltrating from Libya. Beam: 2018 footage of Egyptian strikes on a militant group on Egypt's western border.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-SAF Facebook pages (several with hundreds of thousands of followers)
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 1 Apr 2024
NamesEgypt
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Beam Reports verdict: MISLEADING (مضلل) – image not what it claims. Original: فوجد أن الصورة قديمة، وتم نشرها بتاريخ 30 مايو 2021 ، في موقع مجلة (ANALISI DIFESA)، كلقطة من تمرين عسكري مشترك بين القوات الجوية السودانية ونظيرتها المصرية في قاعدة مروي الجوية، تحت مسمى (تمرين حماة النيل). [EN: the image is old, published 30 May 2021 by Analisi Difesa as a shot from the joint Sudanese–Egyptian air exercise 'Guardians of the Nile' at Merowe air base]
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Egypt – image of 'ten Egyptian MiG-29M/M2 landing at Merowe' (Apr 2023)
Image circulated on 12–13 Apr 2023 claiming ten Egyptian MiG-29M/M2 fighters landed at Merowe airport. Beam rated the image misleading.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by revolution-aligned Facebook groups
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 13 Apr 2023
NamesEgypt
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Beam Reports verdict: MISLEADING (مضلل) – old photos. Original: الادعاء مضلل …هاتان الصورتان قديمتان تم نشرهما من قبل على الإنترنت وليس لهما أي علاقة بالسودان.
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Russia – photos of 'new military kit shipped from inside Russia' for SAF
Photos (May 2024) captioned as new equipment shipped from Russia for the Sudanese army. Beam: two old photos previously published online, unrelated to Sudan.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-SAF Facebook pages (several with hundreds of thousands of followers)
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 2 May 2024
NamesRussia
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Beam Reports verdict: MISLEADING (مضلل) – 2023 video. Original: الادعاء مضلل. إذ أن مقطع الفيديو قديم تم نشره عام 2023 وليس له علاقة بالسودان، بالإضافة إلى ذلك أن البحث بالكلمات المفتاحية الواردة في نص الادعاء لم يُسفر عن نتائج تدعم صحته.
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Russia – video of 'Russia orders drone factory to rush an order for the Sudanese army'
Video (June 2024) captioned 'Russia asks the drone factory to urgently supply an order for the Sudanese army'. Beam: a 2023 video unrelated to Sudan.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-SAF Facebook pages (several with hundreds of thousands of followers)
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 3 Jun 2024
NamesRussia
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Beam Reports verdict: MISLEADING (مضلل) – 2024 video. Original: الادعاء مضلل؛ إذ يعود الفيديو إلى عام 2024، ولا صلة بالأحداث الجارية الآن. كما لم يُسفر البحث بالكلمات المفتاحية عن أيّ نتائج تدعم صحة الادعاء.
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Russia – recycled video of a 'veto against a British no-fly-zone resolution' (Aug 2026)
Video (Aug 2026) presented as the moment Russia vetoed a draft resolution imposing a no-fly zone and UN forces on Sudan. Beam: the video dates from 2024 (the Nov 2024 veto) and has no link to current events.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-SAF Facebook pages (several with hundreds of thousands of followers)
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 24 Aug 2026
NamesRussia
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Beam Reports verdict: MISLEADING (مضلل) – 2022 photo. Original: الادعاء مضلل؛ إذ أنّ الصورة قديمة ونُشرت من قبل على الإنترنت في العام 2022، وليس لها صلة بالأحداث الجارية في السودان، بالإضافة إلى أنّ البحث بالكلمات المفتاحية لم يُسفر عن أيّ نتائج تدعم صحة الادعاء.
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'Russian, Iranian and Ukrainian mercenaries' with SAF in Omdurman – photo
Photo (Aug 2024) said to show Russian mercenaries walking in Al-Wadi street, Omdurman, with the caption 'we are now fighting an army of Russian, Iranian and Ukrainian mercenaries'. Beam: a 2022 photo unrelated to Sudan.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-RSF / anti-SAF accounts and revolution-aligned pages
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 21 Aug 2024
NamesRussia Iran
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Beam Reports verdict: MISLEADING (مضلل) – 2021 video. Original: الادعاء مضلل. إذ أن مقطع الفيديو قديم نشر منذ عام 2021، كما أن البحث بالكلمات المفتاحية الواردة لم يُسفر عن نتائج تدعم صحته.
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Qatar – video of a 'USD 2 billion deposit in the Central Bank of Sudan'
Video (July 2024) captioned as Qatar depositing USD 2bn of financial support at the central bank in Red Sea State. Beam: footage published in 2021; nothing supports the claim.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-SAF Facebook pages (several with hundreds of thousands of followers) and others
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 23 Jul 2024
NamesQatar Central Bank
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Beam Reports verdict: FABRICATED (مفبرك). Original: الادعاء مفبرك. إذ أنه لم يرد في الموقع الرسمي لوكالة قطر للأنباء ولا الحساب الرسمي لسفارة قطر في السودان. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، فإن البحث في حساب وكالة السودان للأنباء لم ينتج عنه ما يدعم صحة الادعاء كما أن البحث بالكلمات المفتاحية لم يُسفر عن نتائج تدعم صحة الادعاء.
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Qatar – fabricated ambassador statement on massive investments / diverting the Nile to Arbaat
Post (June 2024) quoting Qatar's ambassador as saying Qatar could divert the Nile to Wadi Arbaat for Port Sudan and was awaiting the Amiri Diwan's instructions. Beam: not on QNA, the embassy account or SUNA.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-SAF pages
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 5 Jun 2024
NamesQatar
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Beam Reports verdict: FABRICATED (مفبرك). Original: الادعاء مفبرك؛ إذ لم يرِد في أيّ موقع رسمي سوداني أو سعودي. كما لم يُسفر البحث بالكلمات المفتاحية عن أيّ نتائج تدعم صحة الادعاء.
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Saudi Arabia – fabricated 'Sudan–Saudi strategic cooperation agreement' statement (Mar 2026)
A circulated 'important statement' (Mar 2026) listing agreed clauses of a Sudan–Saudi strategic partnership. Beam: appears on no official Sudanese or Saudi site.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by unattributed accounts
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 29 Mar 2026
NamesSaudi Arabia
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Beam Reports verdict: MISLEADING (مضلل) – May 2025 footage. Original: الادعاء مضلل؛ إذ أنّ مقطع الفيديو قديم، نُشر من قبل على الإنترنت في مايو الماضي . كما لم يُسفر البحث بالكلمات المفتاحية عن أيّ نتائج تؤيد الادعاء.
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Türkiye – video of 'all the equipment that arrived from Turkey destroyed in Port Sudan'
Video (Dec 2025) captioned 'Port Sudan now – destruction of all the kit that arrived from Turkey'. Beam: old footage published the previous May.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-RSF / anti-SAF accounts
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 30 Dec 2025
NamesTürkiye
False or misleading
Beam Reports verdict: MISLEADING (مضلل).
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Unspecified supplier – photos of 'new drones delivered to the Sudanese army' (Sept 2023)
Facebook photos (Sept 2023) of drones captioned as newly arrived for the Sudanese army. Beam rated the claim misleading.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-SAF Facebook pages (several with hundreds of thousands of followers)
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 17 Sep 2023
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Beam Reports verdict: MISLEADING (مضلل) – 2019 video. Original: الادعاء مضلل؛ إذ تبيّن، من خلال البحث العكسي، أنّ مقطع الفيديو قديم، نُشر من قبل في نوفمبر 2019، وهو يوثق إطلاق القمر الصناعي السوداني «SRSS-1» الذي عاد إلى الأرض واضحمل في أواخر العام 2023.
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Sudan 'launches first military satellite' (Feb 2025)
Video (Feb 2025) captioned as Sudan's first military satellite. Beam: Nov 2019 footage of the launch of SRSS-1 (launched from China), which re-entered in late 2023.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by pro-SAF Facebook pages (several with hundreds of thousands of followers)
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 26 Feb 2025
NamesChina
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Beam Reports verdict: FABRICATED (مفبرك). Original: الادعاء مفبرك؛ إذ لم يرِد في حساب مجلس السيادة ولا حساب وكالة السودان للأنباء على منصات التواصل الاجتماعي. كما لم يُسفر البحث بالكلمات المفتاحية عن أيّ نتائج تدعم صحة الادعاء.
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Fabricated Sovereignty Council statement banning the Muslim Brotherhood and Al-Baraa (Mar 2026)
A forged Sovereignty Council statement saying that, following the US designation of the Muslim Brotherhood and Al-Baraa as terrorist organisations, the Council bans them. Beam: not on the Council's or SUNA's accounts. Beam separately (13 Mar 2026) documented an Emirati-origin campaign manipulating SAF leaders' statements after the US decision.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by accounts hostile to SAF (Beam links the wider campaign to UAE-based accounts)
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 11 Mar 2026
NamesMuslim Brotherhood Al-Baraa Bin Malik UAE
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Beam Reports verdict: FABRICATED (مفبرك). Original: الادعاء مفبرك؛ إذ لم يَرِد في أيّ منصة رسمية سودانية، كما خلص فريق المرصد إلى أنّ الوثيقة المتداولة منشأة إلكترونيًّا. ولم يُسفر البحث بالكلمات المفتاحية عن أيّ نتائج تدعم صحة الادعاء.
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Fabricated Burhan decree 'dissolving the Al-Baraa bin Malik Battalion' (Apr 2026)
A forged 'Decision No. 271 of 2026' dissolving the Al-Baraa bin Malik Battalion. Beam: on no official platform; the document was digitally generated.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by unattributed accounts
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 5 Apr 2026
Namesal-Burhan Al-Baraa Bin Malik
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Beam Reports verdict: DISINFORMATION PLATFORM (Beam investigation). Original: بناءً على جهود «مرصد بيم» في متابعة منصة «ملفات عربية» وتحليل محتوى حساباتها، اتضح للمرصد أن المنصة تعمل على نشر معلومات مضللة بشأن وجود «جماعات إرهابية» داخل الجيش السوداني، من دون ذكر أسانيد واضحة وموثوقة تعضد ما تنشره من ادعاءات. كما تستمد المنصة معلوماتها، فيما يخص النزاع في السودان، من حسابات ع
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'Arab Files' platform – disinformation about 'terrorist groups inside the Sudanese army'
Beam (Aug 2024) found that an online platform called 'Arab Files' systematically published misleading information about 'terrorist groups' within SAF without clear, reliable sourcing. Relevant when weighing social-media claims about foreign jihadists with SAF.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by an anti-SAF platform of unclear ownership
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 28 Aug 2024
False or misleading
Beam Reports verdict: COORDINATED INAUTHENTIC CAMPAIGN (Beam investigation).
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Coordinated campaign promoting an 'army–Iran alliance' (Apr 2026)
Beam (21 Apr 2026) documented a coordinated digital campaign promoting an alliance between the Sudanese army and the Iranian regime, especially the IRGC, during the US–Israeli war on Iran, driven by accounts known for supporting the RSF. Any social-media item on SAF–Iran ties from March–April 2026 should be checked against this.
Where it circulated: fact-checker (Beam Reports / Marsad Beam, independent Sudanese fact-checking outlet); claim spread by accounts supportive of the RSF (per Beam)
1. 1Beam Reports (Marsad Beam) · beamreports.com · 21 Apr 2026
NamesIran
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Radio Dabanga verdict: FABRICATED (مفبرك). Original: البيان لم يتم نشره على أي من الحسابات على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي أو المنصات والمواقع الإخبارية المعروفة بترويجها لبيانات كتيبة البراء بن مالك وأنشطتها.
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Fabricated 'Al-Baraa bin Malik' ultimatum to Saudi Arabia (June 2024)
A statement dated 8 June 2024 in the name of the Al-Baraa brigade's spokesman gave Saudi authorities 48 hours to release detained commander Al-Misbah Abu Zaid Talha or face consequences. Dabanga's verification team found it was not published on any account known to carry the brigade's statements.
Where it circulated: independent (Radio Dabanga verification team); origin of the forgery unknown
1. 1Radio Dabanga (verification team) · dabangasudan.org · 10 Jun 2024
NamesAl-Baraa Bin Malik Saudi Arabia al-Misbah