For the first time in 13 years, there are no journalists in Ethiopia’s prisons
, in 1993. After seven issues it was forced to close, the first paper charged under a muzzling law introduced by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front , which had shot its way to power two years before. Three more of Eskinder’s newspapers were shut down by the courts. In 2012 he was sentenced to 18 years in prison on charges of terrorism. He was released last year as part of an amnesty for political prisoners.
Repression is one challenge for Ethiopia’s would-be press barons; a tough business environment is another. The average lifespan of an Ethiopian newspaper is nine months, reckons Endalk Chala, an academic who has studied the trade., which was launched in October, stopped after only four issues. Advertisers “don’t want to be associated with media that is critical of the government”, says its founder, Abel Wabella.
New titles face especially long odds. The state owns the main printing press, which can pulp issues the government does not like and which increased prices by almost 50% in December. “It’s a death blow,” says Eskinder. Abiy has spoken of the importance to democracy of a vibrant press, but state media still dominate, says Tsedale Lemma, the editor ofTwo tests of the new opening loom.
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