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

A video by a YouTube channel called "African-insider" claimed that the Ethiopian Airforce conducted airstrikes using drones during the war. However, HaqCheck has investigated the video and rendered it as #False

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-video-doesn-t-show-the-ethiopian-army-using-armed-drones-in-the-ongoing-war

HaqCheck Maxxansii toora intarneeta ABO Shanee fi maxxansii Fuula Fesbukiicha wal-ilaalee Postiin kun GARTOKKEEDHAN SOBA ta’uu isaa dhugoomseera. Guutuu dubbisaa...

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/gartokkeedhan-soba-ibsi-abo-shanee-dhihoo-bahe-looltoonni-isaa-ummata-amaaraa-akka-miidhaan-ajajuu-isaa-hin-agarsiisu

A Twitter account posted a photo that claims to show death of civilians by drone attacks in Tigray. Haqcheck checked the claimed pictures and rendered it as False.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/addis-ababa/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-victim-of-a-massacre-in-tigray

In the following disinformation summary HaqCheck discussed the major controversial and disinformative content that were circulating on Ethiopian social media landscape.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/From-the-new-administrative-map-to-the-role-of-drones-Weekly-disinformation-summary

A Facebook page posted a picture claiming to show a recent fighting between Benishangul People's Liberation Movement and government forces in the Benishangul-Gumuz region. Haqcheck interrogated the picture and rendered it as FALSE

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-recent-fighting-in-benishangul-gumuz-regional-state

በኢንፎርም አፍሪካ እና በአዲስ ዘይቤ ትብብር ተዘጋጅቶ የሚቀርበውን ሳምንታዊ የሀቅቼክ ፕሮግራም ዛሬ ማታ በዩትዩብ ቻናላችን ይጠብቁን https://youtube.com/c/AddisZeybe

A Facebook account posted an image claiming to show Sudanese protesters holding the Ethiopian flag in support of the Ethiopian defense forces on the Dec 30 rally. HaqCheck inspected the picture and rendered it as False

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-sudanese-protesters-holding-the-ethiopian-flag-during-a-recent-rally-in-support-of-the-endf

ቃና ቴሌቪዥን ካስተላለፈው አወዛጋቢ ካርታ እስከ ድሮኑን ጥቃት ባለፈው ሳምንት የተስተዋሉ ሀሰተኛ መረጃዎች የተዳሰሱበት ሳምንታዊ የሀቅቼክ ፕሮግራም።
https://youtu.be/_hmXM-CSezE

A Facebook page posted an image claiming to show a truck, belonging to TPLF, supposedly transporting army was destroyed by a drone attack. @HaqCheck looked into the picture and rendered it as #False. Read full
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-a-truck-destroyed-by-a-drone-attack

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ዘመቻው ስለ ሚዲያ አጠቃቅም ንቃት፣ የሚዲያ ይዘት ፈጠራ እና ሌሎች ጉዳዮችን ለማውቅ ለሚፈልጉ የማኀበራዊ ሚዲያ ተፅዕኖ ፈጣሪዎች በሙሉ የተዘጋጀ ነው።

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A Facebook page posted a video claiming to show a celebration marking the release of TPLF officials from prison. HaqCheck looked into the video and rated it #FALSE
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-video-doesn-t-show-celebration-marking-the-release-of-tplf-officials

In the following summary, HaqCheck covers the major misinformative contents that caught our attention last week, along with recommendations. Check it out

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/false-claims-that-caught-our-attention-last-week

ከ45 ሺህ በላይ ተከታዮች ያሉት አንድ የፌስቡክ ገጽ የወደመን የጭነት መኪና ምስል በማያያዝ የህወሓት ሃይሎች ላይ በድሮን እርምጃ ተወስዶባቸዋል በማለት ምስሎችን አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ ምስሉን አጣርቶ ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-baderone-theqaate-yadarasabatene-yachenate-makinaa-ayaasaayeme