Press in Ethiopia

The print media was not widely distributed outside the capital, Addis Ababa , mainly due to the high poverty level, low literacy rate and the small number of publishing houses outside the capital.

Private newspapers and magazines have been appearing since 1991 , despite tight government control. The Ethiopian government has repeatedly arrested a number of independent journalists, indicating a very low level of freedom of the press . In 2003 , several independent newspapers, members of the Ethiopian Free Journalists Organization , were suspended. The main reason the Ethiopian government called the failure to comply with the rules and regulations of supervisory authorities. Largest daily newspapers: Addis-Zemen , Daily Monitor , Ethiopian Herald .