Ethopia: Ethiopian Media Authority suspends EBS TV program over “false information”, “misleading the public”

Ethopia: Ethiopian Media Authority suspends EBS TV program over “false information”, “misleading the public”

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Published on 2025-04-02 13:01:22

Addis Abeba– The Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA) has suspended “New Chapter”, a program aired by EBS Television, following the March 24, 2025, episode, which the authority deemed to contain “false information” that “misled the public” and “created suspicion.”

The broadcast featured an account by Birtukan Temesgen, who claimed to have been “abducted and raped” in 2020 while a second-year university student.

In her account on the program, Birtukan explained that one evening in 2020, while returning from the university…

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