‘We won’: a divisive activist’s role in remaking EthiopiaADDIS ABABA: Jawar Mohammed was once so hated by the Ethiopian state that the media activist was accused of coup plotting while viewers of his anti-government broadcasts were hunted down. In Ethiopia, there is scarcely a more polarising figure, a role for which Jawar makes no apologies. While Ethiopian state media was busy downplaying the unrest that began in 2015, Jawar gave it heavy coverage. In the US, Jawar said Ethiopian agents rented offices adjacent to his in Minneapolis, blasting loud music to disrupt his recordings. Jawar now wants to turn his OMN into an independent media outlet, the BBC of Ethiopia as he puts it.

Source: Ethiopian News September 08, 2018 03:56 UTC