Addis Zemen (newspaper)

Addis Zemen
Type	Daily
Format	Broadsheet
Founder(s)	Haile Selassie
Publisher
Founded	7 June 1941; 80 years ago
Political alignment	Pro-government
Language	Amharic
Headquarters	Addis Ababa
Website	Website

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.

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 .^[2] On Sundays, the paper provides its readers with extensive news about children in the country in terms of cultural activities.^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ ^a ^b Daniel Berhane (10 June 2010). "Ethiopia: State-owned paper Op-Ed asks gov't to lower oil prices". Horn Affairs. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani; Solomon Addis Getahun (2014). Culture and Customs of Ethiopia. ABC-CLIO. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-313-08606-9.
^ 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.
^ 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.

External links[]

Website

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[Reta2013_p92-1] 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.

[haf-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.

[TijaniGetahun2014-3] Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani; Solomon Addis Getahun (2014). Culture and Customs of Ethiopia. ABC-CLIO. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-313-08606-9.

[Reta2013_p95-4] 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] 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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