Press freedom

Interview with Editor-in-Chief Tsedale Lemma

" There is no one answer that fits into a description of “independent media.” But the least is a media…

Ethiopia: Court orders Elias Kifle et al to defend terror charges

Court orders defendants in Elias Kifle case to defend charges The Federal Court ordered on Monday all five defendants in…

Ethiopia: Awramba-Times Editor to seek political asylum in US

Managing editor of Awramba Times, an Amharic-language weekly, Dawit Kebede, announced from Washington D.C. his decision to seek political asylum…

Wikileaks | Gov’t official: ‘Addis Neger should be eliminated’ [full text]

[This post was published on this blog yesterday, Friday Sept. 16. I reposted it again, as it is, b/c some…

Wikileaks: ‘Addis Neger should be eliminated’ [full text]

A leaked Cable of US Embassy Addis Ababa, titled ‘Increased intimidation of the Private Press’, presents the reasons for the…

Terrifying the Press signals Defeatism | Ethiopia

Speaking in general terms, I don't like the way the Ethiopian private press is molded. It is characterized by outright…

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