The Ethiopian News Agency (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎትYe-Ityopya Zéna Agelgelot (IZA) or ENA) is the official news agency of the Government of Ethiopia. It is the oldest news organization in Ethiopia.
IZA's inception dates back to 1942, when a news distribution service was opened as part of the Press Department, which was within the Press and Information Bureau. In 1943 the service became called "Agence Direction" or "Agence Direcsione", and was under the Ministry of Pen[1] (Tsehafi Tae'zaz, in Amharic). It can be argued that it was the first national wire service in Africa, as no other African country had an indigenous service of the kind, due to colonialism, wherein social, political and economic institutions were established by, and made to serve, the interests of the colonial powers.[citation needed] Agence Direction closed in 1947 due to budget constraints in the Ministry of Pen.[2]
In 1954 Emperor Haile Selassie was embarking on a world tour and Agence Direction reopened so that Ethiopia could receive news of the tour.[3] There was no further significant development in the next 10 years, except for a few attempts at expanding the service locally.
Beginning in late 1963, Agence Direction began to make its presence felt among the public through newspapers and radio broadcasting. Its name was changed to Ethiopian News Source in 1964, then to its present name of Ethiopian News Agency in 1967.[4]
In 1995 it became a semi-autonomous agency under a board that is accountable to the House of Peoples' Representatives. Its autonomy is very limited, with the government having full control.[5]
It has about three dozen branches across the country.
Reta, Meseret Chekol (2013). The Quest for Press Freedom : One Hundred Years of History of the Media in Ethiopia. University Press of America. ISBN978-0-7618-6002-0.
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ethiopian, news, agency, amharic, የኢትዮጵያ, ዜና, አገልግሎት, ityopya, zéna, agelgelot, official, news, agency, government, ethiopia, oldest, news, organization, ethiopia, founded1942languageamharic, arabic, afaan, oromooheadquartersaddis, ababa, ethiopiacountryethiop. The Ethiopian News Agency Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት Ye Ityopya Zena Agelgelot IZA or ENA is the official news agency of the Government of Ethiopia It is the oldest news organization in Ethiopia Ethiopian News AgencyFounded1942LanguageAmharic Arabic and Afaan OromooHeadquartersAddis Ababa EthiopiaCountryEthiopiaWebsitehttps www ena et en Media of EthiopiaList of newspapersIZA s inception dates back to 1942 when a news distribution service was opened as part of the Press Department which was within the Press and Information Bureau In 1943 the service became called Agence Direction or Agence Direcsione and was under the Ministry of Pen 1 Tsehafi Tae zaz in Amharic It can be argued that it was the first national wire service in Africa as no other African country had an indigenous service of the kind due to colonialism wherein social political and economic institutions were established by and made to serve the interests of the colonial powers citation needed Agence Direction closed in 1947 due to budget constraints in the Ministry of Pen 2 In 1954 Emperor Haile Selassie was embarking on a world tour and Agence Direction reopened so that Ethiopia could receive news of the tour 3 There was no further significant development in the next 10 years except for a few attempts at expanding the service locally Beginning in late 1963 Agence Direction began to make its presence felt among the public through newspapers and radio broadcasting Its name was changed to Ethiopian News Source in 1964 then to its present name of Ethiopian News Agency in 1967 4 In 1995 it became a semi autonomous agency under a board that is accountable to the House of Peoples Representatives Its autonomy is very limited with the government having full control 5 It has about three dozen branches across the country Contents 1 References 1 1 Citations 2 External links 2 1 Works citedReferences EditCitations Edit Reta 2013 p 143 144 Reta 2013 p 146 Reta 2013 p 147 Reta 2013 p 149 150 Reta 2013 p 283External links EditOfficial website Works cited Edit Reta Meseret Chekol 2013 The Quest for Press Freedom One Hundred Years of History of the Media in Ethiopia University Press of America ISBN 978 0 7618 6002 0 This article about mass media in Ethiopia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about government in Ethiopia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ethiopian News Agency amp oldid 1125954547, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
