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In the accompanying video clip, Debretshion Gebremichael, the chairman of the TPLF, speaks for 90 seconds during a press conference.<\/p>\n
The video starts with him saying, in Amharic: \u201cOur demands are clear\u2026we demand the appointment of the real members of the TPLF in the positions of the interim administration.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leadership rift<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe Tigray war between the federal government and the TPLF killed more than half a million people before it was ended <\/a>by a peace agreement in Pretoria in November 2022 (archived here<\/a>).<\/p>\nA few months after the peace agreement, an interim administration for the Tigray region was established<\/a> under the leadership of Getachew Reda, a senior TPLF official (archived here<\/a>).<\/p>\nHowever, the TPLF was deeply divided <\/a>internally, resulting in two factions: one led by Getachew and the other by Debretshion (archived here<\/a>). The divisions have since escalated, deepening the fragility of a region still reeling from two years of conflict, displacement, and humanitarian crises.<\/p>\nTensions have reached a critical level<\/a> since the party\u2019s general assembly held by Debretshion\u2019s faction in August, which Getachew\u2019s faction rejected as \u201cillegal\u201d (archived\u00a0here<\/a>).<\/p>\nHowever, the video does not show the TPLF chairman talking about ousting the chief or the interim government.<\/p>\n
Debretshion\u2019s press conference<\/strong><\/h2>\nAFP Fact Check used the video verification tool InVID-WeVerify<\/a> to conduct reverse image searches<\/a> on keyframes from the video.<\/p>\nBy doing this we found the footage<\/a>\u00a0was originally published on the official YouTube channel of the news site Ethiopia Insider (archived here<\/a>).<\/p>\nThe original footage was more than 11 minutes long.<\/p>\n
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A few months after the peace agreement, an interim administration for the Tigray region was established<\/a> under the leadership of Getachew Reda, a senior TPLF official (archived here<\/a>).<\/p>\n However, the TPLF was deeply divided <\/a>internally, resulting in two factions: one led by Getachew and the other by Debretshion (archived here<\/a>). The divisions have since escalated, deepening the fragility of a region still reeling from two years of conflict, displacement, and humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n Tensions have reached a critical level<\/a> since the party\u2019s general assembly held by Debretshion\u2019s faction in August, which Getachew\u2019s faction rejected as \u201cillegal\u201d (archived\u00a0here<\/a>).<\/p>\n However, the video does not show the TPLF chairman talking about ousting the chief or the interim government.<\/p>\n AFP Fact Check used the video verification tool InVID-WeVerify<\/a> to conduct reverse image searches<\/a> on keyframes from the video.<\/p>\n By doing this we found the footage<\/a>\u00a0was originally published on the official YouTube channel of the news site Ethiopia Insider (archived here<\/a>).<\/p>\n The original footage was more than 11 minutes long.<\/p>\nDebretshion\u2019s press conference<\/strong><\/h2>\n