IPI Director David Dadge. File Photo.

IPI Fact-Finding Mission Reports on Ethiopian Press Freedom

Despite Positive Developments, Fears Persist that Government Retains Influence over Media 

After meetings with local media and the head of the Office of Government Communication Affairs (OGCA), IPI’s fact-finding mission to Ethiopia found that, despite positive developments, concerns still exist regarding the government's influence over the flow of information within Ethiopian society.
 
In several meetings over the course of a week, IPI was informed that public relations officers working in individual ministries report to and take their lead from the OGCA, which also  ...