A Facebook page shared an image claiming that the Moroccan national football team displayed the flag of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) while celebrating a victory in the FIFA World Cup being held in Qatar. But, the image presented to support the claim was altered. The original image shows the Moroccan team flying the Palestinian flag.

https://bityl.co/GAfn

Here is HaqCheck's summary of the controversial and false claims that appeared across social media platforms during the third week of December.

https://haqcheck.org/december-week-three-disinformation-summary/

HaqCheck came across a Facebook post sharing an image claiming that the picture shows police officers recently assaulting students in Addis Ababa.

Yet, HaqCheck confirmed that the image doesn’t prove the claim and rated the post False.

https://haqcheck.org/false-the-image-doesnt-show-a-recent-police-assault-on-students-in-addis-ababa/

ታህሳስ 5 ቀን 2015 ዓ.ም ላይ አንድ የፌስቡክ ገፅ “ወላጅ ልጆቹን ትምህርት እንዲቀስሙለት ትምህርት ቤት ይልካል ባለ ጊዜ እንዲህ ያደርጋል” የሚል ፅሁፍን በማያያዝ አንድ ምስልን አጋርቶ ነበር።
ይህ ፅሁፍ ለንባብ እስከበቃበት ጊዜ ድረስ ይህ የፌስቡክ ፖስት ከ400 ጊዜ በላይ መጋራት ችሏል።

ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ ምስሉ በቅርቡ በአዲስ አበባ ትምህርት ቤቶች ውስጥ ከኦሮሚያ ክልል ባንዲራ ጋር ተነስቶ ከነበረው ግጭት ጋር የሚያያዝ እንዳልሆነ አረጋግጦ ምስሉን ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://bityl.co/GJtO

HaqCheck investigated an image-backed claim that Oromia special police forces and the Oromo Liberation Army torched and looted houses that belong to Amhara residents in Kamashi, Benishangul Gumuz. However, the picture doesn't prove the claim.

https://bityl.co/GRX8

A Facebook post was made sharing a picture with a claim that the Odaa Bus recently transported Fano militants to battlefronts in Oromia. Yet, HaqCheck confirmed that the image was old and rated the post False.

https://bityl.co/GRYy

A claim was made on Facebook that the Oromia regional government had detained ethnic Amharas in Wollega. However, the image presented to support the claim was taken from an old publication.

https://bityl.co/GTi3

HaqCheck investigated an image-backed claim on Facebook that ethnic Amharas were recently executed in Oromia. Yet, the picture was old and doesn't support the claim.

https://bityl.co/GTkA

HaqCheck qoorannoo gaggeesse ture himataa ajjechaa saba Amaaraa naannoo Oromiyaatti ta’ee jedhame Suuraan deggerame dirree feesbuukii irratti gadhiifame. Suuraan gadhiifame kun kan ture fi Ajjeeffamuu saba Amaaraa kan naannoo Oromiyaatti jedhamuu akka hin Agarsiisnee mirkanneesserra.

https://bityl.co/GUvG

State-affiliated media outlets published a news story on Facebook that Ethiopia was preparing to launch its ‘second’ satellite into orbit. Yet, Ethiopia launched its second satellite into space two years ago.

https://haqcheck.org/no-ethiopia-already-launched-its-second-earth-observation-satellite-on-december-2020/

An image was shared on Twitter supporting a claim that Eritrean soldiers were recently looting properties in Tigray. However, HaqCheck found out that the image was old and rated the post False.

https://bityl.co/Gi2t

A Facebook post claimed that PM Abiy Ahmed appointed former ambassador Mesganu Arega as Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister. Yet, HaqCheck confirmed that Mesganu Arega was appointed a state minister for Foreign Affairs.

https://bityl.co/Gi6s

HaqCheck qoorannoo dhimma samichaa Tigraayii jedhu irratti godhe ture. Suuraan akkaa samichii naannoo Tigraayitti agarsiisuf fayyadamamme kun soba ta'uu isaa mirkanneesserra.

https://haqcheck.org/om/soba-suuraan-kun-samichaa-naannoo-tigraayitti-jedhamuu-hin-agarsiisu/

ብ11 ጥሪ 2023 ሓደ ናይ ፌስቡክ ገጽ ኣምባሳደር ምስጋኑ ኣረጋ ንኣይተ ደመቀ መኮንን ተኪኡ ብቐዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኣቢይ ኣሕመድ ሚኒስተር ጉዳያት ወጻኢ ኮይኑ ተሸይሙ ዝብል ጽሑፍ ዘለዋ ሕታም ኣብ ፌስቡክ ጠቂዑ ነይሩ። ይኹን እምበር፡ ኣምባሳደር ምስጋኑ ኣረጋ ሚኒስተር ጉዳያት ወጻኢ ኮይኑ ከምዘይተመረጸ ሓቂቸክ ኣረጋጊጹ ኣሎ

http://bit.ly/3GXGxKX

ብ9 ጥሪ 2023 ሓደ ተጠቃሚ ትዊተር ካብ ትግራይ ንብረት ይስረቕ ኣሎ (ብወተሃደራት ኤርትራ ማለት እዩ) ዝብል ፅሑፍ ዘለዋ ሓንቲ ስእሊ ጠቂዑ ነይሩ። ይኹን እምበር እታ ነቲ ዝበሃል ዘሎ ንምዕጃብ ዝመጸት ስእሊ ናይ ቀደም ከምዝኾነት ሓቂቸክ ኣረጋጊጹ ኣሎ

http://bit.ly/3J6ThSh

Akka qoorannoon HaqCheck mirkanneessutti, Oduun Ambaasadar Misgaanuu Areegaan bakka Dammaqaa Mokonnin bu'un Ministeeraa Hajaa biyya alaa Itoophiya ta'anii jedhu soba dha.

https://haqcheck.org/om/soba-ambaasadar-misgaanuu-areegaa-ministeeraa-hajaa-biyya-alaa-taun-obbo-dammaqaa-mokonniin-bakka-hin-buune/

Akka Qoorannoon HaqCheck mirkanneessutti, Oduun akka Itoophiyaan saatalayitti ishee lamaffaa garaa hawwatti erguuf jechuun tamsa’e, soba ta'usa mirkanneesserra. Itoophiyaan saatalayitti ishee lamaffaa ergaa gara hawwatti ergitte turerra.

https://haqcheck.org/om/lakkii-itoophiyan-satalayitii-ishee-lamaffa-gafa-mudde-2020-ergitetti/

HaqCheck's January week three disinformation summary.

https://haqcheck.org/january-week-three-summary/

ብመንግስቲ ዝውነና ማዕከናት ሚድያ: ኢትዮጵያ ንመበል ካልኣይ ግዜ መንኮርኩር ናብ ጠፈር ክትሰድድ ትዳሎ ከምዘላ ኣብ ናይ ፌስቡክ ገፃተን ፅሒፈን ነይረን። ይኹን እምበር ሓቂቸክ ብዝገበሮ ምርመራ እቲ ሓበሬታ ሓሶት ምዃኑ ኣረጋጊፁ ኣሎ።

http://bit.ly/3YaufGb

HaqCheck investigated a claim backed by a video that Oromo houses were torched in an ongoing conflict in the Oromo Special Zone of the Amhara region. However, the video was made up of an old image. HaqCheck rated the post False.

https://haqcheck.org/false-the-video-doesnt-show-oromo-houses-torched-in-a-recent-conflict-in-wollo/

HaqCheck came across an image circulating on Facebook with a claim that the picture shows an ongoing conflict in the town of Ataye, Amhara regional state. Yet, the image is old and the claim was rated False.

https://haqcheck.org/false-the-image-doesnt-show-a-recent-conflict-in-ataye-town-amhara-region/