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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Tolera Gemta
Ethiopian musician Teddy Afro is known for crafting pop songs with political messages. A video has been shared on Facebook and purportedly features a new single from the artist in which he allegedly criticises Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. However, this is false; the song was created using artificial intelligence (AI). “Here is the full song,” reads an Amharic caption posted together with the video on April 19, 2025.
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2 weeks ago |
thestar.com.my | Tolera Gemta
ADDIS ABABA: Lella Mesikir built a huge following with online posts about gender rights in Ethiopia but says a lack of local language content moderation has forced her to flee into exile. Analysts say social media in countries like Ethiopia can be particularly lawless since their systems often fail to filter out hate speech in local languages. Lella's nightmare began on Oct 22 when she posted a video on TikTok calling on women to flee abusive partners.
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2 weeks ago |
barrons.com | Tolera Gemta
Lella Mesikir built a huge following with online posts about gender rights in Ethiopia but says a lack of local language content moderation has forced her to flee into exile. Analysts say social media in countries like Ethiopia can be particularly lawless since their systems often fail to filter out hate speech in local languages. Lella's nightmare began on October 22 when she posted a video on TikTok calling on women to flee abusive partners.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Tolera Gemta
The text overlay accompanying the footage in Amharic reads: “Finally, the lions are seen roaming together around Furi. May God protect us.”Furi is a city on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. The post was shared more than 800 times. The nine-second video shows a pride of lions roaming on a road. “Please forward this message to all people… especially to our Muslim brothers and sisters who are out for prayer on the night of fasting,” the accompanying voiceover warns.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Tolera Gemta
Rising military tensions between neighbours Ethiopia and Eritrea have put the Horn of Africa region on edge. A Facebook video of trucks filled with soldiers has been shared with a claim that the footage shows the Eritrean army recently crossing into Ethiopia. However, this is false: the footage is more than two years old and shows Eritrean troops returning home after completing a military operation in Ethiopia during the Tigray war, which ended in November 2022.
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