ADDIS ABABA- The Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) said it is finalizing preparation to publish new newspapers in Somali and Tigrigna languages in 2019/20.
Kassahun Gofe, chairman of the EPA Board also announced that the Agency will build a new media complex.
Speaking on the 78th anniversary of the Amharic Daily Addis Zemen on Tuesday, the Board Chair said EPA has also plans to publish newspapers in other local languages.
EPA has been striving to provide balanced information to its readers in light of the ongoing reform in the country, said EPA CEO, Getenet Tadesse on his part adding the Agency’s publications have been serving as a bridge between the government and the public over the past several years. Currently, it is taking several reform measures to improve its publications’ content andprint quality, he said.
The agency is also finalizing preparation to publish the weekly Afan Oromo Bariisaa newspaper, three days a week.
Ethiopian Press Agency, established in 1940, is a public media enterprise operating in Ethiopia. It is the sole publisher of the only daily Amharic language newspaper known as “Addis Zemen, The Ethiopian Herald, a daily newspaper except on Mondays in the English language, the tabloids weeklies “Berissa” and and “Al- Alem” in the local Affan Oromo and the international Arabic languages. The agency has yet another by-monthly magazine, known as “Zemen” in Amharic.
The Ethiopian Herald July 25/2019
BY MULATU BELACHEW
