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 However, HaqCheck inspected the image and realized that the image is outdated and has no relation with current situation in Ethiopia.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።

ትክክለኛውን የኖህ ሪል እስቴት ገፆችን በድረገጽ አድራሻቸው www.noahrealestateplc.com ማግኘት ይቻላል።

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/

የሽመልስ አብዲሳ ንግግር በኤርትራ፣ የአየር መቃወሚያዎች ተመቶ ወደቀ የተባለው አውሮፕላን እና ሌሎችም።
https://youtu.be/zae-b-OvedA

Direct phone call between PM Abiy and Debretsion; and others: Disinformative and controversial content during the fourth week of March.

https://haqcheck.org/direct-phone-call-between-pm-abiy-and-debretsion-and-others-weekly-summary/

አንድ የትዊተር አካውንት “ከሱዳን የጦር መሳሪያ ጭኖ በኤርትራ የአየር ክልል ወደትግራይ ክልል ሲበር የነበረ አንቶኖቭ አውሮፕላን በኤርትራ የአየር መቃወሚያዎች ዶግ አመድ ሆኖ ወደ መሬት ሲበተን” የሚል ጽሁፍን በማያያዝ አንድ ምስልን አጋርቶ ነበር።
ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ የምስሉን ትክክለኛነት አጣርቶ ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://bit.ly/3DHJ2yU

#HaqCheck_AfanOromo Gaafa guyyaa bitootessa 13,2022 ALF. abban tiwitara hordooftoota kuma 225 ol qabu suura maxxanseera, booda irrattis barreessaadhan jijirameera. Haata'u malee #HaqCheck suurichi kan durii fi kan itoopiyaa akka hin taane mirkaneesera.
https://haqcheck.org/om/soba-suuraa-durii-beela-tigraay-keessa-jiru-ittin-ibsame/

Happy international factchecking day 🎯🇪🇹
#HaqCheck #Ethiopia #FactcheckingDay #CounteringDisinformation #Factchecking #MediaLiteracy
#TheFactMatters

Realizing the confusion and controversies, #HaqCheck comes up with this analysis on the development process of the #HR6600 and #S3199 draft bills. Read the whole analysis below

https://haqcheck.org/are-hr6600-and-s3199-already-ratified-can-russia-and-china-veto-them/

አለምአቀፍ የሀቅን ማጣራት (fact-checking) ቀንን በማስመልከት ሀቅቼክ የትዊተር ስፔስ ውይይት ምሽት 2 ሰዐት ላይ አዘጋጅቷል::

በውይይቱ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ መረጃን የማጣራት ስራ ምን ይመስላል? ያሉብን ተግዳሮቶች ምን ምን ናቸው? መልካም አጋጣሚዎች እና እድሎቻችንስ? እንዲሁም ሌሎች ጉዳዮችን እናነሳለን::
ተቀላቀሉን🎯🇪🇹

In commemoration of #factcheckingday, HaqCheck has organized a #TwitterSpace to talk about what the experience of #factchecking in #Ethiopia looks like.

We will talk about our journey, challenges, success stories and more.
Join us 🎯🇪🇹

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1rmxPgqdBEEJN

HaqCheck in numbers 🎯

#Factcheckingday #Ethiopia #CounteringDisinformation #TheFactMatters

H.R.6600 እና S.3199 በተባሉ ረቂቅ ህጎች ዙሪያ በኢትዮጵያ የማህበራዊ አውታሮች የተለያዩ የተሳሳቱ መረጃዎችና አወዛጋቢ ኃሳቦች ሲዘዋወሩ ሰንብተዋል። በረቂቅ ህጎቹ ምንነትና ህጎቹ ለመፅደቅ ማለፍ ያለበባቸውን ሂደት በተመለከተ ያለውን ውዥንብር ለማጥራት ሃቅቼክ ይህን አጭር ትንታኔ አዘጋጅቷል::
https://bit.ly/38p1Ffx