Ethiopia: Statement On the Baseless Accusations and Dangerous Defamation By State-Affiliated FBC Against Addis Standard Publication

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JAKENN Publishing PLC, the publisher of Addis Standard publication, is alarmed by the repeated dissemination of unfounded allegations and dangerous defamation by the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC).

On December 19, 2021 the media published news on its website and official social media platforms that Addis Standard online publication is receiving money from the United States government in order to exert pressure on the government of Ethiopia. Without providing a shred of evidence on how Addis Standard is helping the United State government to put pressure on Ethiopia, FBC went on to claim that Addis Standard, a media outlet registered at the Ethiopian Media Authority, is paid by the National Endowment for Democracy to advance the national interests of the United States. The news has since been shared by several other media outlets and has reached hundreds of thousands of people.

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