Incase you missed it: here is our monthly disinformation trend analysis. In this summary HaqCheck covers the major misinformative and controversial issues during the month of #February. Read full

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/disinformation-trend-summary-during-the-month-of-february-2022

A Facebook account shared an image titled, “Menelik's brutality is remembered today at Chelenko" on the day Adwa Victory was celebrated. However, HaqCheck fact-checked the claim and confirmed that the image used to support the claim is old, and rated it FALSE

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/the-image-doesn-t-show-recent-rally-at-chelenko

በየካቲት 23 ፤ 2014 ዓ.ም ከ46 ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው አንድ የፌስቡክ ገጽ “ጨለንቆ ላይ የምኒሊክ አረመኔነት ታስቦ ውሏል” በሚል ጽሁፍ አንድ ምስል አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ የፌስቡክ ገጹ የተጠቀመውን ምስል ወቅታዊነት አጣርቶ ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-baqerebu-bachalaneqo-yatadaragane-hezebaawi-hunate-ayaasaayeme

A post appeared on Facebook claiming that Russia is going to establish Africa’s biggest nuclear reactor in Ethiopia. The post was shared as breaking news. However, HaqCheck interrogated the Facebook post and rated it MISLEADING

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/misleading-russia-will-not-construct-a-nuclear-weapon-manufacturing-but-a-nuclear-power-plant-in-ethiopia

A Facebook page shared an image on Mar 3, captioned, “GERD workers and soldiers from the defense force were attacked by Gumuz rebels while traveling from the dam to a metropolitan area.” However, HaqCheck inspected the image and rendered it False.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-gumuz-rebels-who-attacked-gerd-workers

አንድ የፌስቡክ ገፅ በየካቲት 30 ፤ 2014 ዓም “ሩስያ በኢትዮጵያ ትልቁን የኒውክለር ማብላያ ልትከፍት ነው” የሚል ፅሁፍን አያይዞ አንድ ምስልን አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ የፌስቡክ ፖስቱን መረጃ አጣርቶ አሳሳች ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/asaasaace-ruseyaa-ba-teyopheyaa-yaniwekelare-xaayele-maamanechaa-eneji-yaniwekelare-yathore-masaariyaa-maameracaa-yamaaqwaaqwaame-eqede-yalaateme

A Facebook account shared a post captioned, “ TPLF moved a large number of troops marching towards the Eritrean border.” However, HaqCheck inspected the image and rendered it False.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-picture-doesn-t-show-tplf-army-marching-towards-eritrea

In the following summary HaqCheck covered the viral contents of disinformation & controversies observed during the second week of March, along with important recommendations.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/from-russia-constructing-nuclear-reactor-in-ethiopia-to-procurement-of-40-million-liters-of-edible-oil-weekly-summary

በባለፈው ሳምንት በነበረን ቆይታ ከሰሞኑ የነበረው የባንኮች አወዛጋቢ ጉዳይ ፣ የሩስያ የኒኩሌር ማብላያ በኢትዮጵያ እና ሌሎች ጉዳዮች በሀቅቼክ ተዳሰዋል።

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGUvdHuChxA&t=1s

ከ290 ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው የፌስቡክ ገፅ “የህዳሴ ግድቡ ንብረት አመላላሽ የነበሩ ሰራተኞች በጉዞ ላይ እያሉ በጉሙዝ ታጣቂዎች ጥቃት ተፈጽሞባቸዋል” የሚል ፅሁፍን በማያያዝ አንድ ምስል አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ የምስሉን ትክክለኛነት መርምሮ ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-bataalaaqu-yahedaasee-gedebe-saraatanyoce-laaye-theqaate-yaadarasu-yagumuze-taathaaqiwocene-ayaasaayeme

A Facebook account shared a post claiming that, "a drone strike took place in the town of Shire." However, HaqCheck fact-checked the claim and confirmed that the collaged images were taken from old publications. Therefore HaqCheck rated it FALSE.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-a-recent-drone-strike-in-shire

በባለፈው ሳምንት በነበረን ቆይታ ወደ ሽሬ የጦር መሳሪያ አጓጉዟል የተባለው አውሮፕላን ፣ በወሎ የኦሮሞ ልዩ ዞን ውስጥ ተቃጠሉ የተባሉ ቤቶች እና ሌሎች ጉዳዮች በሀቅቼክ ተዳሰዋል።

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIFoBBTg9QM&t=1s

An influential Twitter account with more than 225 thousand followers shared an image on Mar 13, 2022, which is later changed by the Author. However, HaqCheck inspected the image and realized that the image is outdated and has no relation with current situation in Ethiopia.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-old-image-resurfaces-in-claims-about-famine-deaths-in-tigray

A popular Twitter account shared a tweet with a supporting image claiming that, "Antonov planes carrying weapons entered Tigray region". However, HaqCheck inspected the image and rendered it #False.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-antonov-planes-carrying-weapons-entered-tigray-region

A tweet with an image claimed that houses belonging to Oromos living in the Dawa district of Wollo were set on fire by ‘Amhara militants’. However, HaqCheck looked into the image and confirmed the picture is old and doesn't support the claim, rating it #False.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/no-the-image-doesn-t-show-houses-recently-burnt-in-wollo #dreamEngineering

In case you missed it: here is our #weekly summary, covering the major misinformative and controversial issues during the third week of #March.
#CounterDisjnformation #HaqCheck #Ethiopia
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/week-three-disinformation-trend-summary

#Press_Release
HaqCheck launches a new website: www.haqcheck.org

A tweet appeared claiming that Girma Wake was appointed as a CEO and Board Chairman of Ethiopian Airlines. However, HaqCheck confirmed that Girma Waka was not appointed CEO of the airline. Therefore, HaqCheck rated the claim #PARTLY_FALSE.
https://haqcheck.org/is-girma-wake-appointed-as-ceo-of-ethiopian-airlines/

#Scam_Alert

በማህበራዊ ሚዲያዎች ላይ ታዋቂ በሆኑ ድርጅቶች ስም እና አርማ አስመስሎ በመጠቀም የተለያዩ ይዘት ያላቸው መልእክቶች ሲዘዋወሩ ይስተዋላል። መልዕክቶቹም አብዛኛውን ጊዜ ማስፈንጠሪያዎችን (link) በማያያዝ እና ለሌሎች እንዲያጋሩ በመጋበዝ ለልዩ ልዩ ሽልማቶች እንደሚታጩ የሚያመላክቱ ናቸው።

ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህም በኖህ ሪል እስቴት ስም እና አርማ በተከፈተ የቴሌግራም ገፅ "መልእክቱን ለሚያጋሩ ሰዎች ባለ ሁለት መኝታ ክፍል አፓርታማዎች እንሸልማለን" የሚል መልዕክት በስፋት እየተሰራጨ መሆኑን ሀቅቼክ አስተውሏል። ሀቅቼክም ከኖህ ሪል እስቴት እንዳጣራው መረጃው ሀሰት መሆኑንና ድርጅቱ ምንም አይነት ይፋዊ የሆነ የቴሌግራም ገጽ እንደሌለው ለማወቅ ተችሏል።

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በመሆኑም መረጃን ከታማኝ ምንጮች ብቻ በመውሰድ እራስዎን እና ሌሎችን ከአጭበርባሪዎች ይጠብቁ።

#HaqCheck_AfanOromo Twitter irratti barruu suuraa qabu mana jireenyaa dhalatoota oromoo jiraatoota aanaa daawaa magaalaa wallo keessa jiraatan looltoota amaaraattin gubatee jadhee maxxanseera. haata'u malee HaqCheck suuricha kan durii fi barru barra'e walin akka wal hin simnee mirkaneessera
https://bit.ly/3NeMxRI

A Twitter account shared a picture on Mar 16, 2022, captioned “Antonov plane that carries a weapon from Sudan across Eritrea to Tigray was shot down by an Eritrean anti-aircraft”
Nevertheless, HaqCheck inspected the image and rendered it False.

https://haqcheck.org/false-the-image-doesnt-show-a-plane-shot-down-by-eritrean-anti-aircraft/