Did Ethiopian police really obtain top-secret information when they arrested an opposition politician? No, ToleraGemta found this is a clickbait post with a link that brings readers to an unrelated article.
of him speaking to a youth group, which the party said was filmed in Dejan, about 144 kilometres from Addis Ababa.
In the video, Eskinder confirmed he had been arrested and briefly taken to Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara region, but that the youth group had prevented authorities from taking him back to Addis Ababa.reportedHowever, the link included in the Facebook post does not lead to a video showing “top secrets” obtained from Eskinder about any alleged attack plans.
Facebook’s edit history feature shows that the author of the post edited the story several times. One of the posts edited was about humanitarian assistance for drought-affected people in Borana while the other claims the Oromia president warned the Amharas. AFP Fact Check has previously debunked social media posts shared in Ethiopia that use clickbait to lead readers to unrelated articles, such as
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