In Ethiopia, a coalition of seven armed groups, including the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Amhara National Movement of Fano, has launched an offensive on multiple fronts against the federal army, four years after the Tigray war.
This new outbreak of violence is accompanied by a surge in disinformation on social media. RFI’s Info Vérif unit has identified several misleading images, taken out of context or generated by artificial intelligence, circulating online.