Addis Zemen (newspaper)

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Addis Zemen
TypeDaily
FormatBroadsheet
Founder(s)Haile Selassie
PublisherEthiopian Press Agency
Founded7 June 1941; 82 years ago (1941-06-07)
Political alignmentPro-government
LanguageAmharic
HeadquartersAddis Ababa
WebsiteWebsite

Addis Zemen (አዲስ ዘመን; "New Era" in English)

Ethiopian Herald
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History and profile

The paper was founded by

Italian colonial rule.[3] The paper was launched as a four-page weekly on 7 June 1941.[1] Its first editor-in-chief was Amde Mikael Desalegn.[1] On 5 May 1946 it became a broadsheet publication[1] and in December 1958 it became a daily newspaper,[3] along with the Ethiopian Herald.[4]

It is based in Addis Ababa and is currently published by the Ethiopian Press Agency.[2] On Sundays, the paper provides its readers with extensive news about children in the country in terms of cultural activities.[5]

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