Ethiopian Review
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Ethiopian Review is an Ethiopia
n news and opinion journal. It was first launched in August 1944 and discontinued in November 1945.
The first editor of the Ethiopian Review was William M. Steen. In 1945, David A. Talbot took over as editor.
It was relaunched in 1991 by Hailu Indashaw, publisher, and Elias Kifle
, Editor. In 1995, Elias Kifle became publisher, and Elias Wondimu—currently owner of Tsehai Publishers—became the editor. In 2000, Elias Kifle became publisher and editor-in-chief. He also discontinued the print version and turned it into an online journal.
Currently, the Ethiopian Review is the largest and the most visited Ethiopian news web site with daily unique readership of 15,000 - 20,000. Before the Meles Zenawi
dictatorial regime in Ethiopia banned the web site from being accessed in the country, it had over 40,000 daily unique visitors and over 10 million monthly hits.
The Reviews current publisher and editor, Elias Kifle, has been convicted of treason by the government in Ethiopia and faces life in prison. He is currently in the U.S. as a political refugee.
The U.S. Department of State 2008 Human Rights Report
states that Ethiopian Review is one of the critical web sites that are banned by the Ethiopian regime that is ruled by Tigrean People Liberation Front (TPLF), also known in Ethiopia as Woyane.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
n news and opinion journal. It was first launched in August 1944 and discontinued in November 1945.
The first editor of the Ethiopian Review was William M. Steen. In 1945, David A. Talbot took over as editor.
It was relaunched in 1991 by Hailu Indashaw, publisher, and Elias Kifle
Elias Kifle
Elias Kifle is the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Washington D.C.-based Ethiopian Review, an English/Amharic language Ethiopian news and opinion journal that was launched in January 1991....
, Editor. In 1995, Elias Kifle became publisher, and Elias Wondimu—currently owner of Tsehai Publishers—became the editor. In 2000, Elias Kifle became publisher and editor-in-chief. He also discontinued the print version and turned it into an online journal.
Currently, the Ethiopian Review is the largest and the most visited Ethiopian news web site with daily unique readership of 15,000 - 20,000. Before the Meles Zenawi
Meles Zenawi
Meles Zenawi Asres is the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Since 1985, he has been chairman of the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front , and is currently head of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front .Meles was born in Adwa, Tigray in Northern Ethiopia, to an Ethiopian father from...
dictatorial regime in Ethiopia banned the web site from being accessed in the country, it had over 40,000 daily unique visitors and over 10 million monthly hits.
The Reviews current publisher and editor, Elias Kifle, has been convicted of treason by the government in Ethiopia and faces life in prison. He is currently in the U.S. as a political refugee.
The U.S. Department of State 2008 Human Rights Report
states that Ethiopian Review is one of the critical web sites that are banned by the Ethiopian regime that is ruled by Tigrean People Liberation Front (TPLF), also known in Ethiopia as Woyane.
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See also
- Ethiomedia
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- Jimma Times
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