As conflict intensifies in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, a Facebook post s hared claimed that AFP recently interviewed Jaal Gammachu Abboye, the deputy chief of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebel group. But this is false: AFP did not speak to the rebel leader and the link is to a site with unrelated content. Screenshot showing the Facebook post’s edit historyAnother post making a similar claim was also published on Facebook on January 22, 2023. But the claim that AFP interviewed the OLA leader is untrue. No interviewAFP did not interview the rebel deputy chief as the post claims.

Source: Ethiopian News January 27, 2023 20:44 UTC