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Drone Strikes on Eritrea False Claims

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Posts falsely claim Sudanese paramilitary announced attack on Eritrean navy

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75% Informative

Sudanese army sources said that Port Sudan and areas near the border with Eritrea were hit by drone strikes.

Shortly thereafter, coordinated posts were published on Ethiopian social media purporting that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ( RSF ) had announced strikes on Eritrean navy vessels in the Red Sea .

However, the RSF did not make any public announcements and there have been no reports of the strikes.

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Informative language

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Neutral language

64

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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