The state legislature is the highest law-making organ in the state.
The state legislature promulgates laws in areas that fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the state government.
Under the supreme law of the land of Ethiopia52 states are given power to institute a legislative organ called the state council..
Ethiopia is a federal state with a civil law legal system, combined with procedural laws principally inspired by the common law system.
The sources of Ethiopian laws include the Constitution, International Treaties, Codes and Statutes, Decrees, Regulations and Directives and Customary Laws..
Ethiopia is a federal state with a civil law legal system, combined with procedural laws principally inspired by the common law system.
The sources of Ethiopian laws include the Constitution, International Treaties, Codes and Statutes, Decrees, Regulations and Directives and Customary Laws..
The Advertisement Law of 2012 allows Ethiopian nationals and business firms whose capital is not shared by foreign nationals and foreign nationals of Ethiopian origin to undertake advertising activity..
The mass media in Ethiopia consist of radio, television and the Internet, which remain under the control of the Ethiopian government, as well as private newspapers and magazines.
Ten radio broadcast stations, eight AM and two shortwave, are licensed to operate in Ethiopia..
There have been three major forces involved in the evolution of media in Ethiopia: (1) the need to communicate information about Ethiopia to the external world in order to create an international awareness of Ethiopia and its leaders, (2) the need for internal communication to provide information and to develop a sense .
Ethiopia is a federal state with a civil law legal system, combined with procedural laws principally inspired by the common law system.
The sources of Ethiopian laws include the Constitution, International Treaties, Codes and Statutes, Decrees, Regulations and Directives and Customary Laws..
It is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and is the country's oldest and largest broadcaster.
EBC was established by order of Emperor Haile Selassie and initially operated by Thomson, a British firm.
It is fully owned by the Ethiopian government.
Its programming includes news, sport, music and other entertainment..
The mass media in Ethiopia consist of radio, television and the Internet, which remain under the control of the Ethiopian government, as well as private newspapers and magazines..
Three years on, Dessu and four other Ethiopian journalists interviewed by Reuters say they once again fear a knock on the door.
At least 21 journalists and media workers have been detained since early 2020, some international media watchdogs say.
The major part of reforming the media laws in Ethiopia included amending the hitherto applicable Freedom of Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation and the Broadcasting Service Proclamation. “The media law reform initiative in general, and the process of drafting the new media laws, was very open and participatory,” says Solomon Goshu.
“The new media laws enable the media and the media’s own institutions, such as:
When asked about individual cases including:
The major part of reforming the media law in Ethiopia included amending the hitherto applicable Freedom of Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation and the Broadcasting Service Proclamation
The purpose of this article is two-fold
Right to Publish and Organize Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 7 of this Proclamation, every Ethiopian national has the right to establish a mass media
Journalists have a right to organize themselves into professional associations of their choice
Editor-in-chiefIn the past year, media freedom in Ethiopia has been the subject of major setbacks due to political unrest, ethnic tensions, violent conflicts that have led to assaults and killings of journalists, imprisonment of editors and media owners and closure of regime-critical media
Ethnic conflicts in Ethiopia during the 20th and 21st centuries
Overview of telecommunication in Ethiopia
