During a parliamentary session on July 4, 2024, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warned dissidents abroad to think twice about trying to oust his government by force. On the same day, a clip from Abiy’s address was published online with captions claiming this meant the country had thwarted a coup attempt.
But this is misleading: while Abiy hinted that exiled individuals might have intentions to overthrow the government, he did not say the state had quelled a recent coup attempt.An Amharic caption at the top of the video translates to “the failed coup”. Another line of text at the bottom of the clip reads: “The coup that has failed from the beginning”.
The Facebook post also contains a long list of hashtags with the names of celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez and Angelina Jolie. This is often a tactic to broaden the post’s reach and gain followers.Plotters bewareThe segment used in the misleading video starts 13 minutes into the longer YouTube version and ends at 14’32”.
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