Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Ethiopia's jailed journalists
To understand Ethiopia’s election next month, where the ruling party is likely to win an overwhelming majority in parliament, it’s important to understand what happened in Africa’s second-most populous country a decade ago. It’s 2005…
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Ethiopia's jailed journalists - continued
By  • 17 April 2015
Eskinder Nega Journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega has been in an Ethiopian prison since Sept. 14, 2011. After being charged with “plotting terrorist acts to create public chaos” he was convicted in June 2012 and…
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Ethiopian editor convicted of 'incitement'
By  • 14 October 2014
A former editor of an Ethiopian newspaper faces up to 10 years behind bars after a federal court in the East African nation found him guilty of inciting the public against the government. Temesgen Desalegn,…
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