Addis_Zemen_(newspaper)

<i>Addis Zemen</i> (newspaper)

Addis Zemen (newspaper)

Amharic-language daily newspaper in Ethiopia

Addis Zemen (አዲስ ዘመን; "New Era" in English)[1] is an Ethiopian Amharic newspaper published by the federal government's Ethiopian Press Agency,[2] which also publishes the English-language Ethiopian Herald.

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History and profile

The paper was founded by Emperor Haile Selassie following the liberation of the country, and its name refers to the liberation of Ethiopia from Italian colonial rule.[3] The paper was launched as a four-page weekly on 7 June 1941.[1] Its first editor-in-chief was Amde Mikael Desalegn.[1] On 5 May 1946 it became a broadsheet publication[1] and in December 1958 it became a daily newspaper,[3] along with the Ethiopian Herald.[4]

It is based in Addis Ababa and is currently published by the Ethiopian Press Agency.[2] On Sundays, the paper provides its readers with extensive news about children in the country in terms of cultural activities.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Meseret Chekol Reta (2013). The Quest for Press Freedom: One Hundred Years of History of the Media in Ethiopia. University Press of America. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7618-6002-0.
  2. [2]
    Daniel Berhane (10 June 2010). "Ethiopia: State-owned paper Op-Ed asks gov't to lower oil prices". Horn Affairs. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. [3]
    Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani; Solomon Addis Getahun (2014). Culture and Customs of Ethiopia. ABC-CLIO. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-313-08606-9.
  4. [4]
    Meseret Chekol Reta (2013). The Quest for Press Freedom: One Hundred Years of History of the Media in Ethiopia. University Press of America. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-7618-6002-0.
  5. [5]
    Eva Poluha (2007). The World of Girls and Boys in Rural and Urban Ethiopia. African Books Collective. p. 160. ISBN 978-99944-50-16-9.


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