Claim: An X account shared a video with the caption “Breaking: Fano/Amhara forces captured 100+ ENDF Oromo soldiers after several days of fighting.”

Verdict: False.

On June 5, 2024, an X account named Amhara News Service, with over 14,200 followers, shared a video with the caption “Breaking; Fano/Amhara forces captured 100+ ENDF Oromo soldiers after several days of fighting.” The post was retweeted over 190 times and received more than 31,000 views. The tweet garnered over 170 reposts, over 478 likes, and more than 33,000 views by the time this article was published.

However, the footage is actually from the “Northern Ethiopia war” (the war in Tigray ), which erupted on November 3, 2020, between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The war ended on November 2, 2022, when a peace agreement, commonly called the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) was signed by both parties in Pretoria, South Africa.

MFC examined the video using reverse image search tools. However, due to the low quality of the video, finding its source through reverse image search proved difficult.

To further investigate, we searched YouTube using the Amharic keyword “የተማረኩ” (Captured). This led us to a video clip containing the same footage as the one shared on X.

The video was shared on a YouTube channel named Marda Times on Sep 25, 2022. 

Based on this information, the post shared by the X account claiming that the video shows 100+ ENDF (Ethiopian National Defense Force) soldiers captured by Fano is false.

Context

The conflict in the Amhara region, which began in April 2023, is part of a broader pattern of instability and violence in Ethiopia. The conflict was triggered by the Ethiopian military’s raid on the Amhara region to disarm regional forces and the Fano militiamen. This action sparked resistance and clashes with the Fano militiamen, who claimed to capture towns in the region forcing the federal government to take further military action. The situation remains tense, leading to death of civilians, causing significant damage to properties, and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. This post, which falsely claims to show footage of a conflict in the Amhara region, is part of a larger trend of misinformation and disinformation circulating online in relation to the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia.

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Claim: People on social media claimed that Ethiopia’s GDP reached 192 billion USD and surpassed Morocco to become the fifth-largest economy in Africa. 

Verdict: MFC rated the claim as Partly True.

A claim circulated on social media that Ethiopia’s GDP has reached 192 billion USD and surpassed Morocco in terms of GDP in 2024. On the other hand, counterclaims were shared casting doubts that the claim that Ethiopia’s GDP reached 192 billion USD surpassing Morocco in 2024 was from reality.

These social media posts emerged after a X (formerly Twitter) account of ‘World of Statistics,’ which has 3.6 million followers, shared a viral post that shows the rank of the GDP of African countries (see the ranking in the below screenshot). 

According to the post on Twitter, Ethiopia appeared as the number five largest economy in Africa with a GDP of 192 billion US dollars, and Morocco is ranked sixth with a GDP of 157 billion US dollars. This Twitter post was viewed by 1.5 million people and was shared close to two thousand times.

‘Conflict Zone’, another X account with over 66K followers, stated as a ‘breaking’ news that Ethiopia surpassed Morocco to enter the top five largest economies in Africa. This Twitter post was shared over 200 times and was viewed by over 83K users.

However, counterclaims emerged on social media stating that the claim that Ethiopia’s GDP reached 192 billion USD surpassing Morocco was far from reality.

For instance, a particular Twitter account with the name Nchi yangu nzuri shared a post questioning the claim, saying, “Ethiopia has endless civil wars, in 2020 its GDP was 100 billion dollars, now it is 192 billion dollars? What kind of steroids are they using with their economy? We all need it.” This Twitter post was viewed close to four thousand times.

MFC looked into the latest data from credible international financial organizations such as the IMF and World Bank. These two institutions publish data on countries’ GDP on a timely basis.

According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook, which was published in October 2023, Ethiopia’s GDP was in fact 192 billion USD, and Morocco’s GDP was 157.4 billion USD in the year 2024. According to the same data, Ethiopia’s and Morocco’s GDP in 2023 were respectively 155.8 billion USD and 147.3 billion USD. The year 2023 was the year Ethiopia for the first time surpassed Morocco in terms of GDP, according to the IMF.

The latest data by the World Bank about the GDP of Ethiopia and Morocco is from the year 2022. According to the World Bank, Morocco’s GDP in 2022 was 130.9 billion USD, while Ethiopia’s was 126.8 billion USD.

Therefore, according to the latest data by the IMF, Ethiopia’s GDP in 2024 is 192 billion USD, and Morocco’s is 157.4 billion USD. Therefore, Ethiopia’s GDP is already bigger than that of Morocco, and Ethiopia is ranked the fifth-largest economy in Africa after South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, and Algeria.

However, according to the IMF data, 2024 is not the year that Ethiopia’s GDP surpassed that of Morocco. Because, Ethiopia already surpassed Morocco in 2023.

Therefore, the claim is rated Partly True.

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ብህሎ፡ ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ሃገር ኢትዮጵያ 192 ቢልዮን ዶላር በጺሑ፡ ንሞሮኮ በሊጹ ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ ኣብ ሓምሻይ ዝዓበየ ቁጠባ ኮይና።

ውሳነ፡ እቲ ሓበሬታ ብኸፊል ሓቂ እዩ።

ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ኢትዮጵያ 192 ቢልዮን ዶላር ከምዝበጽሐትን ብመንጽር ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ሃገር ንሞሮኮ ከምዝሓለፈትን ዘመልክት ሓበሬታ ኣብ ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢታት ተዘርጊሑ ነይሩ። ብኻልእ ወገን ድማ ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ኢትዮጵያ 192 ቢልዮን ዶላር በጺሑ ዝብል ኣበሃህላ ሓሶትን ኣብ ዝተፈብረኸ መረዳእታ ዝተመርኮሰን ምዃኑ ዝገልጽ ክስታት ተዘርጊሑ ነይሩ እዩ።

‘ኮንፍሊክት ዞን’ ብዝብል ሽም ዝተዘርግሐ ልዕሊ 66 ሽሕ ሰዓብቲ ዘለውዎ ናይ ትዊተር ኣካውንት ኢትዮጵያ ንሞሮኮ በሊጻ ናብተን ቀዳሞት ሓሙሽተ ዝዓበያ ቁጠባታት ኣፍሪቃ ከምዝኣተወት ይሕብር። እዚ ናይ ትዊተር ጽሑፍ ልዕሊ 200 ግዜ ዝተዘግሐ ኮይኑ፡ ልዕሊ 83 ሽሕ ተጠቀምቲ ተዓዚቦምዎ እዮም።

ብዙሓት ኣብ ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢታት ዝተዘርግሑ ጽሑፋት፡ ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ኢትዮጵያ 192 ቢልዮን ዶላር ኣመሪካ ከምዝበጽሐን፡ ንሞሮኮ ብምብዳህ ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ ብዓቢ ቁጠባ ኣብ ሓምሻይ ደረጃ ከምዝኾነትን ሓቢሮም ኔሮም። እዞም ኣብ ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢታት ዝቐረቡ ጽሑፋት፡ 3.6 ሚልዮን ተኸታተልቲ ዘለዉዎ ‘ወርልድ ስታቲስቲክስ’ ዝብል ሽም ዘለዎ ናይ ትዊተር ኣካውንት፡ ደረጃ ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ ዘርኢ ጽሑፍ ድሕሪ ምልጣፉ እዩ (ደረጃ ናይተን ሃገራት ኣብ ታሕቲ ይመልከቱ)።

ብመሰረት እቲ ኣብ ትዊተር ዝተዘርግሐ ጽሑፍ፡ ኢትዮጵያ 192 ቢልዮን ዶላር ኣመሪካ ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ብምሓዝ ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ ቁጽሪ ሓሙሽተ ዝዓበየት ቁጠባ ኮይና ክትቀርብ ከላ፡ ሞሮኮ ድማ 157 ቢልዮን ዶላር ኣመሪካ ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ብምሓዝ ኣብ ሻድሻይ ደረጃ ተሰሪዓ ኣላ። እቲ ኣብ ትዊተር ዝተጻሕፈ ጽሑፍ፡ ኣስታት ሓደ ሚልዮንን ፈረቓን ግዜ ዝተራእየ ኮይኑ፡ ኣስታት ክልተ ሽሕ ግዜ ድማ ተዘርጊሑ እዩ።

ባኻልእ ወገን ድማ፡ ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ኢትዮጵያ ንሞሮኮ 192 ቢልዮን ዶላር በጺሑ ዝብል ኣበሃህላ ሓሶትን ኣብ ዝተፈብረኸ መረዳእታ ዝተመርኮሰን ምዃኑ ዝገልጹ ተጻረርቲ ሓበሬታታት ኣብ ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢታት ተቓሊሖም እዮም።

ንኣብነት ሓደ ናይ ትዊተር ኣካውንት ነቲ ኣበሃህላ ኣብ ሕቶ ዘእተወ ጽሑፍ ኣካፊሉ፡ “ኢትዮጵያ መወዳእታ ዘይብሉ ኲናት ሓድሕድ ኣለዋ፡ ኣብ 2020 ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ኢትዮጵያ 100 ቢልዮን ዶላር ነይሩ፡ ሕጂ 192 ቢልዮን ዶላር በጺሑ? እዚ ቁጠባ ኢትዮጵያ ብኸመይ ዓይነት መንኮርኰር ይሕምበብ ኣሎ?” ብምባል እቲ ሓበሬታ ሓሶት ከምዝኾነ የመላኽት። እዚ ናይ ትዊተር ጽሑፍ ኣስታት ኣርባዕተ ሽሕ ግዜ ተራእዩ እዩ።

መልቲ ፋክትቼክ ነቲ ብህሎ መርሚሩዎ ኣሎ። ካብ ከም ኣይ ኤም ኤፍን ባንኪ ዓለምን ዝኣመሰሉ ተኣማንነት ዘለዎም ኣህጉራውያን ፋይናንሳዊ ትካላት ዝረኸብናዮ እዋናዊ መረዳእታ ርኢና ኢና። እዘን ክልተ ትካላት ብዛዕባ ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ሃገር ሃገራት ዝምልከት መረዳእታ ኣብ እዋኑ ይዝርግሓ እየን።

ብመሰረት ጸብጻብ ኣይ ኤም ኤፍ (ኣብ ጥቅምቲ 2023 ወርልድ ኢኮኖሚክ ኣውትሌት ብዝብል ኣርእስቲ ዝተሓትመ ጸብጻብ) ኣብ ዓመት 2024 ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ኢትዮጵያ 192 ቢልዮን ዶላር፡ ከምኡ’ውን ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ሞሮኮ 157.4 ቢልዮን ዶላር ነይሩ። ብተመሳሳሊ መረዳእታ ኣብ 2023 ውሽጣዊ ፍርያትኢትዮጵያ 155.8 ቢልዮን ዶላር ክኸውን እንከሎ ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ሞሮኮ ድማ 147.3 ቢልዮን ዶላር እዩ። ኣብ 2023 ኢትዮጵያ ብመንፅር ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ሃገር ንሞሮኮ ንመጀመርታ ግዜ ዝሰገረትሉ ዓመት ከምዝነበረ እቲ ጸብጻብ ኣይ ኤም ኤፍ የመልክት።

ባንኪ ዓለም ብዛዕባ ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ኢትዮጵያን ሞሮኮን ዝሃቦ ዳሕረዋይ መረዳእታ ናይ ዓመተ 2022 እዩ። ብመሰረት ጸብጻብ ባንኪ ዓለም፡ ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ሞሮኮ ኣብ 2022፡ 130.9 ቢልዮን ዶላር ክኸውን ከሎ፡ ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ድማ 126.8 ቢልዮን ዶላር ነይሩ።

ስለዚ ብመሰረት ዳሕረዋይ መረዳእታ ኣይ ኤም ኤፍ ኣብ 2024 ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ኢትዮጵያ 192 ቢልዮን ዶላር፣ ናይ ሞሮኮ ድማ 157.4 ቢልዮን ዶላር እዩ። ስለዝኾነ ውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ኢትዮጵያ ካብ ሞሮኮ ዝዓቢ ብምዃኑ፡ ኢትዮጵያ ድሕሪ ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ፣ ናይጀርያ፣ ግብጺ፣ ኣልጀርያ ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ ኣብ 5ይ ደረጃ ተሰሪዓ ኣላ።

ይኹን’ምበር ኢትዮጵያ ብውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ንሞሮኮ ዝበለጸትሉ ዓመት 2024 ኣይኮነን፤ ኢትዮጵያ ኦሮማይ ካብ 2023 ጀሚራ ብውሽጣዊ ፍርያት ንሞሮኮ በሊታ እያ።

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