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Posts circulating in Ethiopia make misleading claims about tensions in the Horn of Africa

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Facebook posts in Ethiopia are circulating videos in misleading contexts.

One post talks about the “destruction” of Egypt by Chinese warplanes gifted to Ethiopia .

Other posts claim “ Egyptian forces have been encircled in Somalia ” AFP Fact Check found that the videos have been misrepresented and the claims are so far groundless.

The second video contains various news items, including a report about Somalis protest[ing] against the deployment of Egyptian forces in Mogadishu ’ However, the video makes no mention of Egyptian troops being encircled in Somalia .

Online searches were unable to find any credible news reports to back up the misleading claims.

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