The eruption of fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region 100 days ago has pitted journalists wanting to report on the conflict against a government seeking to maintain total narrative control. The CPJ’s 2020 Prison Census published in December 2020 included seven Ethiopian journalists, the third-most among sub-Saharan African countries, after Eritrea and Cameroon (six Ethiopian journalists have been released since the report was published). Ethiopian journalists from Tigray face even more difficulties from the conflict’s fallout. ‘Extreme intolerance’But the screw seems to be turning also on foreign journalists, too. “The government needs to view the Ethiopian media as a partner and not limit journalists access to conflict areas and government officials.”

Source: Ethiopian News February 16, 2021 13:18 UTC