Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫

Visionary of Ethio-OSINT community, SMMO at @CARDEthiopia,
Ex-Lead Fact-Checker & OSINT Investigator | @Inform_Africa / @haqcheck

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

@jessetrowe @DetectArena “Spot slop”

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

@mulugetaermias1 Happy birthday big brother 😇

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

@mulugetaermias1 😤😤😤😆😆😆

[The Horn Frequency @thehornfreqe]

የኢትዮ-ኤርትራ ውጥረት ወዴት እያመራ ነው?
የኢትዮ-ኤርትራ ውጥረት ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ እየተካረረ ቀጥሎ፤ በአሁኑ ወቀት ከእጅ አዙር ፍትጊያ ወደ ለየለት ጦርነት እየተንደረደረ ይመስላል። ሁለቱም አገራት አንዱ በአንዱ ላይ የተነሱ የነፍጥ አንጋቾችን ትግል በመደገፍ ይወነጃጀላሉ።
https://t.co/AnpPhktp0Q
#NewsContext
#Ethiopia #Eritrea #HornofAfrica #EastAfrica

[Ethio-OSINT community 🇪🇹 @EthioOsin69618]

As part of our ongoing effort to map Kenya’s #OSINT resources, we’ve catalogued a website compiling publicly accessible #Ethiopian vehicle license plates.

[Ethio-OSINT community 🇪🇹 @EthioOsin69618]

The Ethio-OSINT community is in Limitless OSINT website with @OSINT_Community, @OsintSwiss, and @hacktoria. Building an OSINT community in #Ethiopia means creating a home for truth seekers, empowering citizens to verify, analyze, and tell their own stories using open data.

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

Especially in the central and southern sections, with parts appearing collapsed or destroyed. However, after years satellite images show that by 2025, the damage appears partially repaired or stabilized, but the site does not show signs of full operational recovery overgrowth.

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

"Checking Almeda textile's claim through #opensources"

A viral post from October 8, 2025, claimed to show a truck carrying Fano militant uniforms from Mekelle, allegedly linking Almeda Textile and the #TPLF to arming #Fano with uniforms.

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

The current stance of the Almeda which was blamed for producing uniforms during the #war in Tigray. #satellite imagery on August 31, 2023 shows clear signs of damage and inactivity. The large main factory building has dark burn or scorch marks on its roof.

[HaqCheck @HaqCheck]

✅ HaqCheck is now an @factchecknet Verified Signatory!

We're proud to announce that HaqCheck, a fact-checking initiative by @Inform_Africa, has officially joined the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) as a Verified Signatory to its Code of Principles.

This recognition reaffirms our long-standing commitment to nonpartisanship, transparency, and accountability in combating misinformation and promoting information integrity in Ethiopia and beyond.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to our partners and to all current and former HaqCheck team members whose dedication and professionalism made this possible.

A special thank you to @kir_haqcheck and @mulugetaermias1 for their consistency and invaluable contributions throughout this journey.

Joining the IFCN community marks a new chapter for HaqCheck — one of deeper collaboration, shared learning, and global engagement in the fight for truth.

🌍 Read more: https://t.co/xU2aLonsp0

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

Don’t just depend on tools, methods matter most in spotting #disinformation. That being said, I tried Pino Fact-Checker, an AI extension that scores text (headline) credibility. Pretty handy! Free trial only, but worth a test 👉 https://t.co/vrHqcGlJw8
#factchecking #OSINT

[𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗 @CARDEthiopia]

#CARDEthiopia on August 28, 2025 held a validation workshop on the National Dialogue Agenda Collection Process findings.

CSOs, along with #ECSOC, #ENDC & #EHRC, shared key insights in advancing a more inclusive, participatory & transparent National Dialogue at the workshop.

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

The energy at the festival was everything! Seeing so many young generation empowered, informed, and ready to take action gives me so much hope for the future. This is what change looks like.

[𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗 @CARDEthiopia]

#CARDEthiopia in collaboration with the human rights foundation, Stiftung-Menschenrechte held a Youth for Human Rights Festival in Addis Ababa bringing together last year's New Generation of Human Rights Defenders youth trainees in high school.

#Youthforhumanrights

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

Sydney's march for Gaza showed deep concern. Sydney Police said 90k, organizers said 250k+. Who was right? I ran the OSINT numbers.

Using map data and a standard crowd density model, my research estimate ~290,000.

#SocialImpact #HumanRights #PeaceAdvocacy #factchecking #OSINT

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

@TRobinsonNewEra This is in London Croydon (https://t.co/C3LJ41703O)

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

This is what billionaires should be doing or show us. instead they are busy sending people to space.
@elonmusk, @JeffBezos, and @finkd.

https://t.co/q5PhuT8aVb

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

Despite Ethiopia's capacity to produce apples, Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli used outdated and unrelated images which leads to discrepancies. While the narrative suggests significant progress, a closer examination reveals some were shared nearly nine years ago.
#Ethiopia

[HaqCheck @HaqCheck]

The controversy surrounding the Prime Minister's recent claims of improved apple farming productivity. We investigate discrepancies in the images shared, some dating back nine years, revealing a narrative that doesn’t align with reality.
https://t.co/IjpS7Bm0Fg

[Kirubel Tesfaye 🕵🏽‍♂️ 📡🛫 @TheIntelLens]

In my latest article i go through a speech by Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli. While the Prime Minister is expected to have access to the most current data we found some of his claims true and most of the data he shared false.
Read more 👇

[HaqCheck @HaqCheck]

Check out our latest piece where we analyze Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's speech at the Ethiopian Securities Exchange opening. We assess his claims about Ethiopia's tech leadership, diving into the facts on @ethiotelecom, @telebirr, and the AI Center.
https://t.co/4fm9Nm1lJ1