Press Freedom in Ethiopia Archives

Ethiopia Detains Western Journalists Covering Oromo Protests

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016TesfaNews31 Comments

By Conor Gaffey | for NewsWeek, Press freedom in Ethiopia is dwindling in light of recent anti-government protests and the severe drought in the Horn of Africa state, according to a journalists’ association. Two journalists and a translator were arbitrarily detained for 24 hours on Thursday when reporting on the protests in Oromia, according to […]

Washington Post Denounces Wendy Sherman’s Irresponsible Praise of Ethiopia’s Regime

May 1, 2015August 9, 2016TesfaNews36 Comments

By Washington Post (Editorial), ETHIOPIA’S election scheduled for May 24, are shaping up to be anything but democratic. A country that has often been held up as a poster child for development has been stifling civic freedoms and systematically cracking down on independent journalism for several years. It was consequently startling to hear the State […]