FALSE: This image is not of TPLF forces crossing River Tekeze in 2024The image is of Ethiopians trying to flee the conflict by crossing the Tekeze River to Sudan in 2020. PesaCheck · Follow Published in PesaCheck · 4 min read · 20 hours ago 20 hours ago -- Listen ShareThis Facebook post with an image supposedly of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces crossing River Tekeze and occupying Amhara land in June 2024 is FALSE. The Amharic text accompanying the image translates to, “TPLF forces cross Tekeze river and occupy Amhara land.”River Tekeze is in the north-central highlands and passes through the Tigray and Amhara regions. Google reverse image search results established that the photo advancing the claim has been used online in different contexts unrelated to TPLF forces crossing River Tekeze in 2024. DW also published the image on 16 December 2020, alongside an article titled “Ethiopia: EU suspends budget support over Tigray conflict.”PesaCheck has looked into a Facebook post with an image supposedly of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces crossing River Tekeze and occupying Amhara land in June 2024 and finds it to be FALSE.

Source: The Guardian June 16, 2024 19:17 UTC