Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warns non-Ethiopian media owners engaged in inciting conflicts among different communities by spreading hate speeches. The current Ethiopian media law will not allow non-Ethiopian citizens to be engaged in media business. His actions has led to the opening of new independent media outlets and shifting of many exiled opposition media outlets from activism to professional journalism by setting up offices in Ethiopia. In addition some of the media outlets run by regional governments of Ethiopia have also been reporting one-sided narratives like that of the one ethnic group-centered satellite TV channels, mainly run by non-Ethiopian passport holders. The Broadcast Authority of Ethiopia, the state agency in charge of registering ad regulating all media outlets in Ethiopia has recently been complaining about unethical reports of some media outlets.

Source: News Business Ethiopia October 22, 2019 16:22 UTC