Ethiopia journalist abduction sparks press freedom fears

The managing editor of one in every of Ethiopia’s final unbiased media shops stays lacking after being kidnapped by masked males contained in the Addis Normal newsroom on Wednesday. Ethiopia, already one of many largest jailers of journalists in sub-Saharan Africa after Eritrea, is seeing a renewed crackdown forward of June’s elections. Worldwide media have had their accreditation revoked, and for native journalists, the stakes are even larger.