Eliyas Kebede Zemedkun has spent most of 2026 producing AI-generated images and videos depicting Ethiopia occupying Eritrea’s strategic port of Assab. One frequent user, under the username "Mimta Grlis", has published several AI-generated images, including an AI-generated clip, depicting Abiy under arrest by Eritrean forces. Screenshot of AI-generated clip showing Abiy under arrest by Eritrean forces, taken on March 26, 2026. Screenshots of the original AFP photo (left) and the AI-generated clip based on it, taken March 26, 2026. AI symbol added by AFPA review of the comments beneath the posts sharing AI-generated images suggests many social media users believe they are genuine.

Source: Ethiopian News April 02, 2026 13:17 UTC