Tag: Media

The Council of Ministers approved a draft proclamation on media outlets which will serve as a legal framework for print and broadcast media together with the first legal framework for Internet media.

A draft directive jointly prepared by the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) and the Ethiopian Broadcast Authority (EBA) has introduced a provision that allows political parties to run paid campaign advertisements.

In one of the most polarizing events in the country’s politics, three media outlets have been implicated in fueling the conflicts that followed the killing of the renowned Oromo musician and political activist, Hachalu Hundessa. The government said that it has been monitoring these media outlets for long.

The East African Editors Forum (EAEF) is organizing a discussion on the safety and security of journalists in the Eastern Africa region. In a statement that the Forum sent to The Reporter, it indicated that the discussion will focus on the challenges facing journalists while doing their jobs. The full statement of the Forum reads as follows. The discussion, which is set to be held virtually on May 3, 2020, is organized in observance of the World Press Freedom Day.

Despite the fact that the majority of reporting by the media in Ethiopia is about politics, the development of multipolar coverage is identified as one of the new features of the country’s media.