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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Facebook says it has removed a post by Ethiopia\u2019s prime minister that urged citizens to rise up and \u201cbury\u201d the rival Tigray forces who now threaten the capital as the country\u2019s war reaches the one-year mark.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed\u2019s post on Sunday violated the platform\u2019s policies against inciting and supporting violence, spokeswoman Emily Cain for Facebook\u2019s parent company, Meta, told The Associated Press. It was taken down on Tuesday morning, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe obligation to die for Ethiopia belongs to all of us,\u201d Abiy said in the now-deleted post that called on citizens to mobilize \u201cby holding any weapon or capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abiy is still regularly posting on the platform, where he has 3.5 million followers. The United States and others have warned Ethiopia about \u201cdehumanizing rhetoric\u201d after the prime minister in comments in July described the Tigray forces as \u201ccancer\u201d and \u201cweeds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Facebook has removed posts from world leaders before, although in rare circumstances. Earlier this year, the company deleted a video from U.S. President Donald Trump in which he peddled false claims about election fraud following a deadly skirmish at the U.S. Capitol. Facebook said at the time the video contributed to \u201cthe risk of ongoing violence.\u201d Just last week, the tech platform yanked a live broadcast from Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro because he made false claims about the COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n

Spokeswoman Cain did not say how Facebook was made aware of the Ethiopia post, which the Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister made as Tigray forces took control of key cities over the weekend that put them in position to move down a major highway toward the capital, Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n

Alarmed, Abiy\u2019s government this week declared a national state of emergency with sweeping powers of detention and military conscription. The prime minister repeated his call to \u201cbury\u201d the Tigray forces in public comments on Wednesday as he and other officials marked one year of war.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ethiopia\u2019s highly polarized social media this week saw a number of high-profile posts targeting ethnic Tigrayans and even suggesting they be placed in concentration camps.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people have been killed in the war between Ethiopian and allied forces and the Tigray ones who long dominated the national government before Abiy took office. The United Nations human rights chief said Wednesday they had received reports of thousands of ethnic Tigrayans being rounded up for detention in recent months.<\/p>\n

Former Facebook product manager-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen last month singled out Ethiopia as an example of what she called the platform\u2019s \u201cdestructive impact\u201d on society. \u201cMy fear is that without action, divisive and extremist behaviors we see today are only the beginning,\u201d she told the Senate consumer protection subcommittee. \u201cWhat we saw in Myanmar and are seeing in Ethiopia are only the opening chapters of a story so terrifying, no one wants to read the end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Facebook says it has removed a post by Ethiopia\u2019s prime minister that urged citizens to rise up and \u201cbury\u201d the rival Tigray forces who now threaten the capital as the country\u2019s war reaches the one-year mark. 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