BY FBC The Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority (EBA) has urged the international media granted access to Tigray regional state to report accurately and truthfully as well as professionally. The authority noted that the international media should be governed by the country’s broadcasting proclamation, the constitution, criminal laws, and other humanitarian provisions.
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… an Eritrean perspective BY YAFET ZEREOU When an African, especially an Eritrean questions the integrity of the Western Media, the ensuing backlash is indicative of the hold of the Western Media on Africa’s elite. As Africans, we have been conditioned to disregard our own and embrace without question what the Western Media says.
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BY YAFET ZEREOU As a child growing up in the Horn of Africa, I always used to wonder why my mother had a deep mistrust of the BBC. She would label any gossip monger or liar as ‘BBC’. What made my mother’s insight into the BBC more remarkable was that at the time nearly everybody […]
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Context and critical thinking are nonexistent within coverage on Eritrea, and various stories and reports about the country are released and published, often with minimal or no fact-checking. It is little surprise that this has often led to the publication of countless far-fetched, sensationalized, racist, and ultimately debunked stories and claims about Eritrea. BY MELA […]
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BY YAFET ZEREOU Sometime in April of 2017, the BBC’s Editorial Complaints Unit published its findings about a complaint made about an article on Eritrea. On the face of it, it would appear that the BBC had done the right and honourable thing by acknowledging a mistake it made. After all, this is the BBC […]
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By Sophia Tesfamariam, This week, the Guardian has been running a series on Eritrea -“Inside Eritrea”. This is really a misnomer. The series should have appeared under the more apt title:“Outside Eritrea”. The contents had very little to present about the chosen topic; except to rehash old and tired narratives on Eritrea weaved externally. When […]
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By Yasmin Nasrudin, SINCE the release of the “Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea” in early June, the coverage on the acute stream of Eritrean refugees is closely entangled in critiquing the Eritrean government. Thus, resulting in a partial representation of truth. This piece should be read as an analysis […]
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By Sophia Tesfamariam, IN JUST one week, it seems very cold water has been dropped on the media frenzy designed to buttress a sensationalized politically motivated report on Eritrea released by the Commission on Inquiry (COI) on 8 June 2015. The headlines bemoan the lack of action by policy makers-who seem to be having a […]
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