Weldiya, Ethiopia — When Ethiopia's Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy took office four years ago, Reporters Sans Frontiers, a Paris-based group that promotes press freedom, raised Ethiopia's ranking in its international press freedom index by 40 places. To mark World Press Freedom Day 2022, VOA spoke to Ethiopian journalists about how free they feel to carry out their work. Elias Meseret, who worked with the Associated Press and now lives outside of Ethiopia, told VOA that press freedom in Ethiopia is at a crossroads. Assegid Mulugeta, a radio presenter for the government-owned broadcaster, the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), thinks press freedom has improved in recent years. In the latest World Press Freedom Index, Ethiopia is ranked 114th, down 13 places from its ranking in 2021.

Source: Ethiopian News May 04, 2022 12:31 UTC