Serto Ader Explained

Serto Ader (Amharic: ሠርቶ ዐደር, 'Toilers') was an Amharic-language newspaper in Ethiopia, published from Addis Ababa.^{[1] [2] [3]} The newspaper was founded in June 1980, as the organ of the Central Committee of the Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia (COPWE).^{[4] [5]} The newspaper sought to popularize Marxism-Leninism amongst the Ethiopian masses.^[3]

Serto Ader had a circulation of around 100,000.^{[2] [6]} The newspaper was initially published fortnightly, but was converted into a weekly.^{[1] [6]} Tesfa ye Tadese served as editor of the newspaper, Gezahegn Gebre as deputy editor.^[2]

When the Workers' Party of Ethiopia was founded, replacing COPWE, Serto Ader became the central organ of the new party.^{[2] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Aussenpolitik: Zeitschrift für internationale Fragen, Volume 32. 1981. p. 192
2. Europa Publications Limited. The Europa Year Book. London: Europa Publications, 1988. p. 1000
3. African studies in the Soviet Union: yearbook. 1986. p. 77
4. Banks, Arthur S., and William Overstreet. Political Handbook of the World, 1981: Governments, Regional Issues and Intergovernmental Organization As of January 1, 1981. New York: McGraw-Hill for the Centre for Social Analysis of the State University of New York at Binghamton and the Council on Foreign Relations, 1981. p. 177
5. Great Soviet encyclopedia, Volume. 1982. p. 348
6. New African, Edition 184–195. 1983. p. 34
7. Langer, Emil. Revolutionäre Vorhutparteien in Asien und Afrika: Formierung und Kampf. Berlin: Dietz, 1986. p. 137