Addis Standard is an Ethiopian news media magazine publication published in Ethiopia by Jakenn Publishing Plc and established in February 2011 by its current editor in chief Tsedale Lemma who only became the editor in chief in January 2021. The magazine is not owned or affiliated with any political party or the government and is registered to The Ministry of Trade and Industry of Ethiopia under license 1552/2003 .[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Publication and challenges
Addis Standard not only publishes news in Ethiopia its country but to South Africa, Burundi and Ghana. In 2016 the Ethiopia Government forced Addis Standard to stop publishing in print, but it used its online website to still spread the news it would have on the print magazine. It later continued printing in 2018 when a new Prime Minister was elected, and the old regime had lost. In 2020 due to war in the northern part of the country one of its reporters Medihane Ekubamichael was detained for reporting in Tigray but was later freed.[5][8] Addis Standard was also suspended during the early stages of the Tigray war by the Ethiopian Media Authority the Media authority in the country.[9][10]
