After more than eight decades of state of lull in media history in the country, now Ethiopian has commissioned a media policy which is obviously the first of its kind. Better late than never. Ethiopia was indeed not short of polices of every kind but the media policy is a latecomer.
The current policy is solidly based on the democratic provisions of the constitution and other proclamations that included press freedom proclamation, proclamation on advertisements and the broadcast proclamation. In effect, the policy document summarizes the major tents of the above-mentioned laws along with the objectives of the policy, goals, principles, strategic significance of the role of the media in Ethiopia.
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