A letter purporting to originate from the United States government announcing the evacuation of its citizens from Uganda has resurfaced online in multiple Facebook posts. However, the document is an old hoax from 2016. It was previously discredited as false in a series of tweets by the US Mission in Uganda in 2016.
The new version repeats the claim word for word but omits the date.from February 21, 2021. The word “living” is intended to mean “leaving”. The post includes an image of the fabricated letter.
A screenshot of the false Facebook post sharing the purported evacuation letter, taken on February 24, 2021 The fabricated document emerged during the 2016 Uganda presidential election when President Yoweri Museveni was elected for the fifth time, defeating opponent and opposition leader Kizza Besigye.on the US Mission in Uganda’s websites reveals that in February 2016, the US did issue an alert urging its citizens to “practice safety and security measures because of the potential for political unrest before, during and after the February 18 national elections”.
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