Claim: A Facebook account shared a video of a damaged papaya farm in Tigray regional state of Ethiopia, claiming that the destruction was caused by “Shabiya” – a reference often used for a ruling party in Eritrea. 

Verdict: False. The video is not from Tigray.

On June 1, 2024, a Facebook account named “Habesha Habesha” shared a video that shows a damaged papaya farm with the caption: “This is what ‘Shabiya’ [the ruling party in Eritrea] did in Tigray.” The video garnered more than 970 reactions, over 1,000 shares, and over 330,000 views until this article is published. 

However, the video is not from Tigray.

MFC examined the video using Fake News Debunker by InVID & We Verify to detect the authenticity of the claim InVID provided keyframes from the video, which MFC then checked through Google Reverse Image Search.

Image: Screenshot taken from InVID Keyframs

The results showed that the video is circulating on social media with a Hindi caption claiming that “The storm destroyed 99% of the papaya crop” in India. 

Therefore, the video is actually from Tamil Nadu, a State in South India.

TIMES NOW, an English media outlet in India, and News18 India have reported that on May 29, 2024, thousands of papaya trees were damaged due to strong winds in Tamil Nadu, a state in the extreme south of India. The report further stated that the Tamil Nadu experienced heavy rainfall in recent days.

Image: Screenshot taken from News18 India Facebook page

Image: Screenshot taken from TIMES NOW Facebook page

Based on this information, MFC confirms that the video shared by the Facebook account claiming that the video shows the destruction of papaya farm caused by “Shabiya” in Tigray is false.

Context

In November 2020, fighting broke out between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a regional political party in Tigray, a region located north of Ethiopia bordering with Eritrea. Reports shows that the Eritrean forces entered the conflict supporting the Ethiopian government.

Eritrean forces (aka Shabiya) were accused of committing atrocities against civilians in Tigray, including extrajudicial killings, rape, and torture. The involvement of Eritrean forces in the conflict reportingly further complicated the situation and made it more difficult to resolve.

A ceasefire was declared in March 2022, but the conflict has not been fully resolved. Eritrean forces remain in Tigray, and there are ongoing reports of human rights abuses.

Thus, the post claiming that the Eritrean forces destroyed the papaya farm in Tigray circulates in this context. 

The post Video of Damaged Papaya Farm is Not in Tigray appeared first on MultiFactCheck.

ብህሎ: ሓደ ናይ ፌስቡክ ገጽ “ናይ ሻዕብያ ስራሕ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝገበሮ” ዝብል ጽሑፍ ዘለዎ ቪድዮ ኣካፊሉ ነይሩ።

ውሳነ: ሓሶት። እቲ ቪድዮ ኣብ ትግራይ ኣይኮነን።

ብዕለት 24 ግንቦት 2016 ሓበሻ ሓበሻ (Habesha Habesha) ዝተባህለ ናይ ፌስቡክ ኣካውንት “ናይ ሻዕብያ ስራሕ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝገበሮ” ዝብል ጽሑፍ ዘለዎ ዝዓነወ ሕርሻ ፓፓዮ ዝሓዘ ቪድዮ ኣካፊሉ ነይሩ። እቲ ቪድዮ እዚ ጽሑፍ ክሳብ ዝሕተም ልዕሊ 970 ግብረ መልሲ፡ ልዕሊ 1000 ሼር፡ 286 ሽሕ ርእይቶታት ረኺቡ እዩ።

ይኹን እምበር እቲ ቪድዮ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝተፈጸመ ተግባር ኣየርእን።

MFC ነቲ ቪድዮ ሓቅነቱ ንምርግጋጽ Fake News Debunker by InVID & We Verify ብምጥቃም መርሚርዎ እዩ። ኢንቪድ ካብቲ ቪድዮ ምስሊታት ወይ ኪፍሬምስ (keyframes) ኣቕሪቡ፤ ድሕሪኡ MFC ብመንገዲ ጉግል ሪቨርስ ኢሜጅ ሰርች መርሚሩዎ እዩ።

(ምስሊ፡ ስክሪንሾት ካብ ኢንቪድ ኪፍሬምስ ዝተወስደ)

እቲ ውጽኢት ምርመራ ከም ዘመላኽቶ፡ እቲ ቪድዮ ኣብ ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢታት “ህቦብላ ንፋስ 99% ዝራእቲ ፓፓዮ ኣጥፊኡ” ዝብል ጽሑፍ ሂንዲ ሒዙ ተዘርጊሑ ነይሩ እዩ።

ይኹን እምበር እቲ ቪድዮ ብሓቂ ካብ ታሚል ናዱ ህንዲ እዩ።

ነዚ ስእልታት ተጠቒሞም ታይምስ ናውን (TIMES NOW) ኒውዝ18 ኢንድያን (News18 India) ዝተባህላ ክልተ ጋዜጣታት ህንዲ ኣብ ታሚል ናዱ ብሰንኪ ብርቱዕ ንፋስ ብኣሽሓት ዝቑጸሩ ኣግራብ ፓፓዮ ከምዝተሃስዩ ጸብጺቦም እዮም። ታሚል ናዱ ኣብ ጫፍ ደቡብ ህንዲ እትርከብ ግዝኣት እያ። ታሚል ናዱ ኣብ ዝሓለፉ መዓልታት ብርቱዕ ዝናብ ክዘንብ ጸኒሑ እዩ።

(ምሰሊ፡ ስክሪንሾት ካብ News18 India ፌስቡክ ገጽ ዝተወስደ)

(ምሰል፡ ስክሪንሾት ካብ TIMES NOW ፌስቡክ ገጽ ዝተወስደ)

ስለዚ ብምኽንያት ናይ ሓሶት ቪዲዮ ምጥቃሙ MFC ነቲ ናይ ፌስቡክ ጥቃዕ ሓሶት ኢልዎ ኣሎ።

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