Eritrean News - assenna

    Banner
Thursday
Jul 29th
Home ትግርኛ ኪዳን ምስ መን? The State of Media in Eritrea

The State of Media in Eritrea

Print PDF

Eritrea is the only African country to have no privately-owned news media. In 2005 the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) described it as one of the world's leading jailers of journalists.

Another press watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, notes that there is "no freedom of expression".

The government closed the private press in 2001 for "endangering national security" and arrested many journalists after several publications printed the dissenting views of some National Assembly members.

There are no private radio or TV stations.

The press

Hadas Eritrea - government-owned, published three days a week
Eritrea Profile - government-owned weekly, in English

Television

Eri TV - state-run


Radio

Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea (Dimtsi Hafash) - state-run, operates two networks, programmes in 11 languages
Radio Zara - state-run, FM network


News agency

Erina (Eritrean News Agency) - state-run

 

Al Shabab attacks rock Uganda

Eritrea Accused of Prisoner Abuse - Al Jazeer

Donate - Make a Difference, Support Voice of Asena!

Country Target Pledged Remaining
  UK 50 19 31
Sweden 50 4 46
Germany 50 2 48
  Norway
30 16 14
  Italy
30 3 27
Netherlands 30 1 29
  Canada 30 2 28
Switzerland 30 1 29
  Australia
30 14 16
  France 10 0 10
  Belgium 10 0 10
USA-EC
75 23 52
USA-WC
75 10 65
USA-Minnesota 100 10 90