HaqCheck assessed the report and confirmed that the news report doesn’t prove that the rebels are in a 30 km range from the capital and rendered the claim #MISLEADING due to its use of a mistaken reference. 👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/misleading-the-news-report-doesn-t-prove-that-rebels-are-close-to-addis-in-a-30-km-range

France 24 ያወጣው አሳሳች ዘገባ፣ የላሊበላ ጉዳይ እና ሌሎች ሀቅቼክ ያጣራቸው፤ በሳምንቱ የተስተዋሉ ሀሰተኛ መረጃዎች። ተከታተሉን

https://youtu.be/dOn7uqlb-Pg

An Egyptian daily newspaper published a news report saying the US pushes 3 ships near the coast of Ethiopia to help its citizens in case the security situation deteriorates. Due to the factual error in the news and the inaccurate images used to support the claim we rendered it #FALSE.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-ethiopia-has-no-coast-news-images-don-t-show-three-warships-close-to-the-country

Here is the summary of false, misleading, and controversial claims and information disorders that surfaced on social media platforms last week. Read the whole report below.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/government-forces-capturing-lalibela-tplf-forces-close-to-addis-ababa-in-a-30-km-range-and-more

An image was posted on different social media platforms claiming to show captured government soldiers at #Kasagita recently. HaqCheck looked into the image and found out that it was shared 4 months ago on Facebook. Therefore it was rated #FALSE. Read more

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-government-soldiers-captured-recently

Have you seen a compilation of images posted in support of a claim that Sudan has sent numerous troops to the border it shares with Ethiopia?
HaqCheck has analyzed the images and proved that they do not show the claim and rendered it #FALSE.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-images-don-t-show-sudanese-troops-near-the-ethiopian-border

Even though there are several claims regarding some defecting members of Oromia Special Forces to join OLA, the image doesn’t actually prove the claim.
HaqCheck analyzed it and rendered it as #FALSE.
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-image-doesn-t-show-soldiers-recruited-from-the-oromia-regional-forces-to-join-ola

Controversial reports by foreign media outlets, usage of false videos, false images, and other major misinformative issues, during the past month, are covered in the following summary. Read full
#CounterDisinformation #November #TheFactMatters #HaqCheck

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/november-monthly-information-disorder-summary

በሳምንቱ የተስተዋሉ ሀሰተኛ መረጃዎች፣ ውዝግቦች፣ ምስሎችን በማጣራት ወቅት የሚፈጠሩ ስህተቶች፣ እንዲሁም ሀቅቼክ ያጣራቸው መረጃዎች ተዳሰዋል።

https://youtu.be/NifAoJt85TQ

#Alert
የተለያዩ የፌስቡክ ገፆች አንድ ምስልን በመለጠፍ "ዛሬ ማምሻውን... 60 የሚሆኑ ተሳፋሪዎችን ይዞ ከፒያሳ ወደ ፈረንሳይ ለጋሲዮን ይጓዝ የነበረ አንበሳ አውቶቡስ ፍሬን በጠሶ የሾፌሩን ጨምሮ የ39 ሰዎች ህይወት ሊያልፍ ችሏል፡፡" የሚል ዘገባ ሲሰራጭ ተመልክተናል። ይሁን እንጂ ምስሉ ላይ የተቀመጡት ፎቶዎች ከዚህ ቀደም በሌላ አውድ እና ጊዜ የተጋሩ መሆናቸውን ለማረጋገጥ ችለናል።
የማህበራዊው ሚዲያ ተጠቃሚዎችም ምስሉ #ሀሰተኛ በመሆኑ ከማጋራት እንድቆጠቡ እንመክራለን።
(ምስሎቹ ከዚህ በፊት የተጋሩባቸው ማስፈንጠሪያዎችም፦
ምስል 1. https://youtu.be/i_wdpBpBntw
ምስል 2. https://www.facebook.com/612956475815943/posts/1040152819762971/?app=fbl )

In the following summary @HaqCheck cover the misleading report by BBC, the bombardment of Tekeze Dam, the controversy of the visit of Mustefe to Somaliland, other fact checked issues and how image search is being manipulated.
Read more

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/the-misleading-bbc-report-the-bombardment-of-tekeze-dam-and-more

The claim that Martin Plaut was recently splashed with a milkshake in harassment is FALSE and the video posted on Facebook doesn't support the claim.
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/no-the-video-doesn-t-show-martin-plaut-was-recently-splashed-with-milkshake

ከ4 ሚሊየን በላይ ተከታይ ያለው አንድ የፌስቡክ ገጽ፣ "ከአፍሪካ ጋዜጠኞችን በማሰር ኤርትራ እና ኢትዮጵያ አንደኛ እና ሁለተኛ ናቸው" የሚል ርዕስ ይዞ ወጥቷል። ሀቅቼክ ፖስቱን አጣርቶ የፌስቡክ ገጹ አሳሳች ርዕስ እንደተጠቀመ አረጋግጧል
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/asaasaace-re-ese-ka-aferikaa-gaazeethanyocene-bamaasare-eereteraanaa-teyopheyaa-anedanyaa-enaa-hulatanyaa-ayedalume

ምንም እንኳን የህውሓት ሀይሎች በተለያዩ ከተሞች በዜጎች እና በተለያዩ ተቋማት ላይ ዘረፋ እየፈጸሙ መሆኑን የሚያሳዩ ዘገባዎች ቢኖሩም በፌስቡክ ገፁ የተጋራው ምስል የተቀናበረ እና ሀሰት ነው።

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-yahewahhaate-haayeloce-zarefawe-yaheedutene-eqaawoce-ayaasaayeme

ባሳለፍነው ሳምንት ከተስተዋሉ ሀሰተኛ እና አሳሳች መረጃዎች መካከል የኢትዮጰያ መገናኛ ብዙሀን ባለስልጣን መግለጫ፣ የላሊበላው ኤርፖርት ውድመት ምስል፣ የድሮኑ ቪድዮ እንዲሁም ሌሎች ሀቅቼክ ያጣራቸውን መረጃዎች የዳሰስንበት ሳምንታዊ ፕሮግራም እነሆ
https://youtu.be/4_G1F45nobQ

In the following disinformation trend summary @HaqCheck covers the major misinformative contents that surfaced the media landscape last week. Read full

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/last-week-in-disinformation-week-two-of-december

A Facebook page with 402,925 followers posted a picture, on Dec 12, claiming that TPLF forces have intercepted the road between Gashena & Lalibela and Kon & Gashena towns. However, HaqCheck looked into the image and rendered it as #FALSE.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-tplf-forces-controlling-gashena

ብዕለት 3 ታሕሳስ 2014 ሓይሊታት ህወሓት ንመስመር ላሊበላ-ጋሸናን መስመር ኮን-ጋሸናን ከምዝተቖፃፀሩ ምስ ዝገልፅ ናይ ፌስቡክ ሕታም ሓደ ስእሊ ተጠቂዑ ኔሩ። ግናኸ ሓቂቼክ ነቲ ምስሊ ብምምርማር ነቲ ጥቃዕ ሓሶት ምዃኑ ኣረጋጊፁ ኣሎ።

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hhaasote-ezi-meseli-wataadaraate-hewahhaate-nekxatamaa-gaashanaa-mequtzetzaarome-aayare-ene

Last week social media platforms were crowded with controversial claims and counterclaims. In the following article, we summarize the major controversies and other fact-checked issues during the third week of December. Read full
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/from-alamata-aerial-attack-to-the-secret-papers-weekly-disinformation-summary

ሾልኮ ወጣ የተባለው ሰነድ፣ የአላማጣው የአየር ድብደባ ውዝግብ እና ሌሎች የሳምንቱ ሀሰተኛ እና አወዛጋቢ ጉዳዮች የተዳሰሱበት ሳምንታዊው የሀቅቼክ ፕሮግራም እነሆ
https://youtu.be/smNBrdFYb-Y

A news article linked and published on Facebook on Dec 18 stated that OLA commanded its troops to ‘continue attacks on ethnic Amharas’, alongside other claims. The post cited OLA’s communique as its source. HaqCheck cross-checked the claim and the referred communique and rendered the post as #PARTLY_FALSE.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/partly-false-recent-ola-communique-didn-t-command-its-troops-to-continue-attacking-ethnic-amharas