Disinformation fuels ethnic tension in Ethiopia

TikTok launched a three-part series titled #TikTokForPeace. [iStockphoto]

Supporters of Ethiopia's warring factions are exploiting increasingly advanced technology and poor media literacy to spread disinformation that provokes anger between ethnic groups, risking fresh violence, experts warn.

Ethiopia, Africa's second most-populous nation with 120 million people, has deep political divisions and a complex patchwork of ethnicities that have fuelled decades of internal conflict.