Ethiopia now among biggest jailers of journalists in Africa

Ethiopia's crackdown on dissent and people believed to support rebel group, Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), has thrust the country among Africa's top jailers of journalists.

According to a report by press freedom lobby, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Ethiopia has detained Nation Media Group journalist Tesfa-Alem Tekle and eight other reporters. Some were detained for being seen as reporting unfairly on the government and military activities, while others were viewed as TPLF sympathisers.