HaqCheck
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HaqCheck is an Ethiopia based fact-checking project that verifies media content from social to the mainstream. We fact-check in English and on local languages widely spoken in the Horn of Africa.

https://haqcheck.org
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ሬውተርስ በጥር 18 ፤ 2014 ዓ.ም ባወጣው የዜና ሪፖርት፣ “የኢትዮጵያ የሚንስትሮች ምክር ቤት የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁ እንዲነሳ ከውሳኔ ላይ ደርሷል” የሚል ርዕስ በድረ ገጹ ላይ አንድ ጽሁፍ አስነብቦ ነበር።” ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ መረጃውን ሚንስትሩ ከሰጠው መግለጫ ጋር በማመሳከር ዜናውን አሳሳች ብሎታል።
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/asaasaace-yamineseteroce-mekere-beete-ya-asecakwaaye-gizee-awaajune-anesetwale
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ከ62 ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው የፌስቡክ ገፅ "ጁንታው ማስረከብ ጀምሯል አፋርም መረከብ ጀምረዋል...." የሚል ፅሁፍን በመጠቀም አንድ ምስልን አጋርቶ ነበር።
ነገርግን ሀቅቼክ ምስሉን በማጣራት ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-news
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A Facebook page with more than 62 thousand followers shared an image captioned,
"Afar is receiving weapons that the Junta is handing over."
However, HaqCheck has Checked the image and rendered it False

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-picture-does-not-show-firearms-seized-by-afar-troops-during-a-recent-conflict
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HaqCheck came across a message circulating on Telegram claiming to be from Safaricom Ethiopia, saying the company is offering giveaways and prizes. We counter checked the claim and contacted Safaricom Ethiopia and confirmed it is a #SCAM.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/factchecking/scam-safaricom-ethiopia-is-not-offering-any-prize
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ከአንድ ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው የቴሌግራም ቻናል በጥር 23 ፤ 2014 ዓ.ም “የአፋር ህዝባዊ ሰራዊት በዛሬው ዕለት በበራህሌ ግንባር ገቢ ያደረገው የጦር መሳርያ” የሚል ጽሁፍ በማያያዝ አንድ ምስል አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ የምስሉን ትክክለኛነት መርምሮ ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-babaraahelee-genebaare-ba-afaare-hezebaawi-saraawite-yatayaazane-yathore-masaariyaa-ayaasaayeme
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A Telegram channel shared a couple of images captioned, "weapons captured from TPLF forces at the Raya front." However, HaqCheck has inspected the images and rendered the pictures used to support the claim as False. https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-images-don-t-show-weapons-captured-at-raya-front
ከአንድ ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው የቴሌግራም ቻናል “በዛሬው ዕለት በራያ ግንባር በጀግኖቻችን ከትግሬ ወራሪ ሃይል የተማረከ መሳርያ” የሚል ጽሁፍን በማያያዝ ምስሎችን አጋርቶ ነበር።
ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ ፅሁፉን ለመደገፍ የቀረቡትን ምስሎች ትክክለኛነት መርምሮ ሀሰት ብሏቸዋል።

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-baraayaa-genebaare-yatamaaraku-masaariyaawocene-ayaasaayeme
The claim circulating on social media about the release of Tamrat Negera is learned to be FALSE. The image used to support the claim is old and HaqCheck also reached out to Tamrat Negera’s family and confirmed that he is not released.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-tamrat-negera-is-not-released
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አንድ የፌስቡክ አካውንት ጋዜጠኛ ታምራት ነገራ ከእስር ተፈቷል በማለት አንድ ምስል አጋርቶ ነበር።ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ ባደረገው ምርመራ ታምራት ነገራ ከእስር እንደተፈታ ተደርጎ የቀረበውን ይህን የፌስቡክ ፖስት ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-gaazeethanyaa-taameraate-nagaraa-ka-esere-aletafataame
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A Facebook account shared a post captioned, “looted artifacts from Tigray are being sold like this.” and shared a video linked to a website. However, HaqCheck investigated the video and rendered it False.

https://addiszeybe.com/does-the-video-show-looted-artifacts-from-tigray
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በይነ መረብ ላይ ደህንነታችንን ለመጠበቅ ምን አይነት ጥንቃቄ ማድረግ አለብን?
ይህንን እና ሌሎች ጉዳዮችን የዳሰስንበትን ሙሉ ፕሮግራም ይመልከቱ::
https://youtu.be/F_SIEy4K1Aw
Our lead fact-checker Rehobot Ayalew, on why countering disinformation on Facebook is crucial “Most of the people have low media literacy, so Facebook is considered to be credible … So working with Facebook, and also checking and verifying Facebook content, is the major way to counter this disinformation.”

Read the whole article by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-02-20/facebook-accused-of-letting-activists-incite-ethnic-massacres-with-hate-and-misinformation-by-survivors-in-ethiopia
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A Facebook page with more than 60,000 followers posted four images claiming to show TPLF POWs captured recently in the war between the Afar region and TPLF. But, HaqCheck looked into the pictures and rated them False.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-pictures-don-t-show-recent-tplf-po-ws-in-afar-region
ከ13 ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው የፌስቡክ አካውንት፣ “ከትግራይ የተዘረፉ ቅርሶች ለአለም ገበያ በዚህ አይነት ሁኔታ እየተቸበቸቡ ነው።” የሚል ጽሁፍ ከቪድዮ ጋር አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ የፌስቡክ ፖስቱን ለመደገፍ የቀረበውን ቪድዮ ትክክለኛነት ሀቅቼክ መርምሮ ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/videyowe-kategeraaye-kelele-yatazarafu-thenetaawi-qeresocene-yaasaayaale
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A news website shared a news report titled, "Seven killed in #Ethiopia mine collapse", with a supporting picture. However, #HaqCheck confirmed that the image doesn't prove the claimed mine collapse incident and rated it #FALSE.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-people-who-died-due-to-the-collapse-of-an-illegal-mine