Old video of former Ethiopian official used out of context in connection with 2023 protestsCopyright © AFP 2017-2023. Online posts claimed a video showed Ethiopia's ex-foreign affairs minister Gedu Andargachew criticising the government's decision to disband regional security forces in April 2023. The narrator goes on to discuss the recent protests in Amhara regional state while showing military imagery. Protest in AmharaThe Ethiopian government decided to dismantle the regional security forces in April 2023. However, the decision sparked fierce protests (archived here) in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the country’s second most populous state.

Source: Ethiopian News April 18, 2023 11:00 UTC