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Old video shows Eritrean troops returning from Ethiopia, not heading to war

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Summary
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69% Informative

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 .

This is false: the footage is more than two years old and shows soldiers returning home after completing a military operation in Ethiopia during the Tigray war, which ended in November 2022 .

The video is captioned in Tigrigna , a language spoken in Eritrea and in Ethiopia 's Tigray region.

VR Score

52

Informative language

42

Neutral language

24

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

55

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

22

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