A viral video was shared across social media platforms, mainly Facebook and Twitter, with a claim that the video was of a recent interview with TPLF chairman, Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) about the peace agreement and he made good remarks on the deal and PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD).
The video was shared many times. It was watched by over 41 thousand users on a particular Twitter post.
However, HaqCheck confirmed that the video clip was taken from an old interview in 2018 on the peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea. It was published on YouTube on Jul 15, 2018.
The Ethiopian federal government and the TPLF had been fighting a two years war that started on Nov 3, 2022.
They agreed to a humanitarian truce at the end of March 2022. However, fighting resumed between the belligerents in August.
Reports indicated that there were informal talks between the TPLF and the Ethiopian federal government to solve the war peacefully.
Finally, they signed a peace deal dubbed ‘Agreement for lasting peace through a permanent cessation of hostilities between the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)’ on Nov 2, 2022.
According to the deal, TPLF agreed to surrender its weapons to the Ethiopian government and a transitional government to be installed in Mekelle until a regional election is conducted.
The hostile propaganda against each other seems to have discontinued since the agreement was signed.
Against this backdrop, a viral video came out with a claim that it was a recent interview with TPLF chairman, Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) about the peace agreement and he made good remarks on PM Abiy. The video clip circulated across social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
However, HaqCheck confirmed that the video clip was taken from an old interview with Debretsion in 2018 about the peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The recent video was extracted from the old one and was edited to make it look like a recent interview.
The original video was published on YouTube on Jul 15, 2018.
Thus, the posts were rated False.
