Addis Standard Explained
Addis Standard |
Editor Title: | Editor |
Editor: | Tsedale Lemma |
Frequency: | Monthly |
Format: | News magazine |
Publisher: | JAKENN Publishing P.L.C. |
Company: | Addis Standard Publications |
Country: | Ethiopia |
Based: | Addis Ababa |
Language: | Afaan Oromo, Amharic, English |
Addis Standard is an Ethiopian monthly social, economic and political news magazine published[1] [2] and distributed by Jakenn Publishing Plc, and was established in February 2011 by Tsedale Lemma, who is also the editor-in-chief of the magazine . The magazine has an independent political stance,[3] and is headquartered in Addis Ababa.
Distribution
Addis Standard is distributed in Ghana, Burundi and South Sudan in addition to its native country, Ethiopia.[4]
Repression
Addis Standard discontinued its print edition in October 2016[2] in response to censorship, while continuing to publish online.[5] [6] It resumed a monthly print edition in 2018.
During the Tigray War, one of the Addis Standard editors involved in covering Tigray Region, Medihane Ekubamichael, was detained for a month. He was freed in early December 2020. In 2021 the media regulatory of the Ethiopian government had suspended Addis Standard, but later the suspension was withdrawn by the government.[7] [8] [9] [10]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Addis Standard. All Africa. https://archive.today/20141208084814/http://allafrica.com/view/publisher/editorial/editorial/id/00011372.html . 2014-12-08 . live.
- News: Critical Ethiopian magazine folds under state of emergency. 28 April 2017. Esat. 25 October 2016.
- News: Ethiopia opposition figure 'unhappy with Obama address'. 9 August 2015. BBC. 18 July 2015.
- News: Daniel Berhane. Interview with Editor-in-Chief Tsedale Lemma. 9 August 2015. Horn Affairs. 14 January 2013.
- News: Press freedom in Ethiopia has blossomed. Will it last? . . 16 Mar 2019 . 34 . https://archive.today/20190316035500/https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2019/03/16/press-freedom-in-ethiopia-has-blossomed-will-it-last . 2019-03-16 . live.
- Web site: Endeshaw . Dawit . July 15, 2021 . Ethiopian regulator suspends Addis Standard news website . Reuters.
- News: July 16, 2021 . Ethiopia: media regulator suspends Addis Standard . reliefweb .
- News: July 16, 2021 . Ethiopian Media Authority Suspends Addis Standard Website . Fana Broadcasting Corporate .
- News: July 16, 2021 . Addis Standard news site suspended by Ethiopia's media regulator . Aljazeera .
- News: July 19, 2021 . Ethiopia News Website to Resume Operations After Suspension . Voice of America (VOA) .