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From State Repression to Fear of Non-State Actors: Examining Emerging Threats of Journalism Practice in Ethiopia

Téwodros W. Workneh

Journalism Practice, volume 16, issue 9 (2022), pp. 1909-1926

"Non-state media journalists in Ethiopia traditionally faced safety threats emanating from state-sponsored attacks and punitive legal frameworks. Recently, however, state hostility is being replaced by non-state actors’ aggression against journalists. By framing emerging threats of reporters’ sa ... more

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Media Reform Amid Political Upheaval: Lessons from Burma, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Ukraine
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Tarik Jusic, Heather Gilberds

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 36 pp.

"This study points to several recommendations for how international donors can improve support for media sector reform in countries at critical political junctures, and how they can build upon and strengthen approaches that have been effective in the past. Donor support is more likely to be effectiv ... more

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Assessment of Media Development in Ethiopia: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators

Mulatu Alemayehu Moges, Dagim Afework Mekonnen et al.

Paris; Addis Ababa: UNESCO (2022), 131 pp.

"In a country like Ethiopia which is rich in languages, politics, cultures, and values and which experiences an exponentially growing population, media and the access to plural information is crucial for peace and development. This study finds, however, that the number of media and the diversity of ... more

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Status of Digital Agriculture in 47 Sub-Saharan African Countries
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FAO;ITU (2022), x, 351 pp.

"It aims at providing a holistic view of digital transformation in the agriculture sector of 47 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The region’s digital agriculture landscape is assessed through six key themes, namely: infrastructure, digital penetration, policy and regulation, business environment, ... more

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UNESCO's Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) Action in Ethiopia: 2018-2021 Quadrennial Report, Country Summaries

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 5 pp.

"Various media freedom NGOs have noted that progress achieved in 2019 in terms of freedom of expression and of the media was disrupted by a series of internet shutdowns as well as by an anti-hate speech law adopted in 2020, whose vague provisions have drawn criticism from specialized observers. Furt ... more

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A 10+10+30 Radio Campaign is Associated with Increased Infant Vaccination and Decreased Morbidity in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: A Prospective, Quasi-Experimental Trial

Bernard Appiah, Lakew Abebe Gebretsadik, Abebe Mamo, Brittany Kmush, Yisalemush Asefa,

Plos Global Public Health, volume 2, issue 11: e0001002 (2022), 19 pp.

"To date, no study has evaluated the effect of a radio-only campaign on infant vaccination coverage, timeliness, and related morbidity in a low-income country. We implemented the "10+10+30" radio campaign involving broadcasting a weekly 10-minute radio drama series on vaccination, followed by a 10-m ... more

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Health Crises and Media Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa

Carol Azungi Dralega, Angella Napakol (eds.)

Cham: Springer (2022), 283 pp.

"The chapters here explore the impact, especially of Covid-19, on the media while unpacking the complexities, intersections and dynamics surrounding technological, political and economic developments and trends. Similarly, media discourses on journalism practice, audience narratives and news discour ... more

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Political and Media Analysis on the Tigray Conflict in Ethiopia

Moses Tofa, Alagaw Ababu Kifle, Hubert Kinkoh

Brussels: European Institute of Peace (2022), 37 pp.

"This study reviews patterns of domestic and international media reporting and the role of disinformation, misinformation, and media bias in the Tigray conflict, which has been raging since November 2020. Since its outbreak, the conflict has evolved through four broad phases. Throughout these phases ... more

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The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises 2021
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Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (2022), 18 pp.

"Each year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) publishes a list of the ten most neglected displacement crises in the world. The purpose is to focus on the plight of people whose suffering rarely makes international headlines, who receive no or inadequate assistance, and who never become the centre ... more

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Case Study: EthioCheck Lab. Developing Fact-Checking Strategies with Human Centered Design — Insights of an Approach in Ethiopia

Katrin Proschek, Julius Endert

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2022), 42 pp.

"DW Akademie initiated a human-centered design (HCD) process as a starting point for a media development project in Ethiopia. The aim was to develop a better understanding and assess the current situation regarding misinformation and disinformation. The process with journalists and media experts fro ... more

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The Viability of Ethiopian News Media: Applying DW Akademie's Media Viability Indicators (MVIs)

Asrat Seyoum

Addis Ababa: MERSA Media Institute;Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2022), 50 pp.

"[...] almost all the media experts interviewed in the study identified “political and legal system,” “public attitude and relationship to media,” and “economic and ownership situation” to be the top three biggest obstacles to news media viability in Ethiopia. In fact, almost four-fifth ... more

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Country assessment to facilitate digital financial inclusion in Ethiopia

Geneva: ITU (2022), x, 63 pp.

"This report presents findings from a country assessment undertaken to facilitate digital financial inclusion in Ethiopia and gives an overview of the current digital financial services landscape in the country. It also identifies some of the barriers to digital financial inclusion and suggests how ... more

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Manuscript and Print in the Islamic Tradition

Scott Reese (ed.)

Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter (2022), viii, 374 pp.

"This volume explores and calls into question certain commonly held assumptions about writing and technological advancement in the Islamic tradition. In particular, it challenges the idea that mechanical print naturally and inevitably displaces handwritten texts as well as the notion that the so-cal ... more

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Language & Coloniality: Non-Dominant Languages in the Digital Landscape

Meital Kupfer, Jason Muyumba

Kampala: Pollicy;Internet Society Foundation (2022), 33 pp.

"This white paper seeks to unpack the use of Indigenous or non-majority language in the existing digital landscape. This ties into ideas about digital colonialism (Kwett, 2022), wherein hegemonic, or dominant, languages are threatening and jeopardising the ability for local language speakers to expr ... more

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Media Reform During Ethiopia’s Political Transition

Henok Semaegzer Fente

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 25 pp.

"The media reform process in Ethiopia’s political transition has made significant improvements to the policy, legal, and regulatory frameworks. If institutionalized and implemented with robust stakeholder engagement, the reform could help build a sustainable, vibrant, independent, and viable media ... more

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Information Ecosystem Assessment: Flow, Needs & Access in Ethiopia. The Case of Addis Ababa and Gambella

Internews;USAID (2021), 119 pp.

"To gain a comprehensive understanding of both urban and peri/urban/rural locations, the assessment was conducted in two locations in Ethiopia: Gambella Region and Addis Ababa City Administration. A total of 240 respondents participated in the assessment, of which about one-third are female. The fin ... more

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Exploring the Political, Economic, and Social Implications of the Digital Silk Road Into East Africa: The Case of Ethiopia

Sanne van der Lugt

In: Global Perspectives on China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Asserting Agency through Regional Connectivity

Florian Schneider (ed.)

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2021), pp. 315-346

"Chapter 13 analyses various causal relations through which Ethiopian and Chinese actors interact in the context of the Digital Silk Road initiative. What is playing out in Africa is part of a larger contest between the West and China for dominance over technology and global influence. From a Chines ... more

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Afrika

Marco Moerschbacher (ed.)

Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2021), x, 615 pp.

"Das Werk bietet, nach Ländern bzw. Regionen aufgeschlüsselt, einen kompakten und aktuellen Überblick über geschichtliche Herkunft, weitere Entwicklungen und aktuelle Herausforderungen der afrikanischen Kirche aus katholischer Sicht. Dabei liegt ein Akzent auf den Beziehungen der Ortskirche zu a ... more

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No Newspapers Here: Information Needs Assessments Among Refugees and Host Communities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. Exploratory Phase 2019

Pan African Research Services, Christoph Spurk et al.

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), 177 pp.

"When DW Akademie started a new media development project on Refugees and Migration in Africa in 2019, we knew our objective: We wanted to find ways to improve access to information for people affected by displacement, to provide channels for these people to express themselves and to improve the dia ... more

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Media and Compassion After Digital War: Why Digital Media Haven’t Transformed Responses to Human Suffering in Contemporary Conflict

Andrew Hoskins

International Review of the Red Cross, volume 102, issue 913 (2021), pp. 117-143

"In this article I contend that the saturation of information and images of human suffering and death in contemporary warfare has not ushered in a new era of “compassion fatigue”. Rather, algorithmically charged outrage is a proxy for effects. It is easy to misconstrue the velocity of linking an ... more

Media Reform Amid Political Upheaval: Lessons from Burma, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Ukraine Top Insights

Status of Digital Agriculture in 47 Sub-Saharan African Countries Quick Overview

The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises 2021 Quick Overview

Media Reform Amid Political Upheaval: Lessons from Burma, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Ukraine
Top Insights

Status of Digital Agriculture in 47 Sub-Saharan African Countries
Quick Overview

The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises 2021
Quick Overview