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'''''Addis Neger''''' ([[Amharic]] "New Thing") was an Ethiopian weekly [[newspaper]] founded in 2007 by six journalists. It rapidly rose to prominence due to its presentations of credible and researched viewpoints before its sudden closure in December 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ethiomedia.com/course/4663.html/ |title="Addis Neger: Addis" |access-date=2009-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231135630/http://ethiomedia.com/course/4663.html |archive-date=2009-12-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was one of the few independent voices in Ethiopia. In 2009 all of Addis Neger's editors, including managing editor [[Mesfin Negash]], executive editor, [[Abiye|Abiye Teklemariam]], editor-in-chief [[Tamerat Negera]] and other contributors and writers quietly slipped out of the country, fleeing from intimidation.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alemayehu-g-mariam/the-art-of-war-on-ethiopi_b_390911.html/ "The Art of War on Ethiopia's Independent Press"]</ref>
==Overview==
Allegedly, criminal charges were being prepared and staff were threatened.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2009/dec/07/press-freedom-ethiopia/ "Ethiopian editors close paper and flee"]</ref>
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The Ethiopian authorities dismissed the allegations and claimed that ''Addis Neger'''s decision had ulterior political and personal intentions. In an official statement released by the country's foreign ministry, the government said that the closure of the newspaper was intended to feed false accusations that independent media space in Ethiopia was constrained <ref>[http://www.waltainfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17819&Itemid=63 "Ensuring the Integrity of Elections in 2010: Is Addis Neger’s self-closure part of an anti-government campaign?"]</ref>
▲At the moment of the closure of the newspaper, the Ethiopian authorities restricted the foreign funding of human rights and pro-democracy groups ahead of the national elections scheduled for May 2010. The U.S. Embassy issued a statement on December 1o expressing concern that such moves ''“contribute to a perception that space for independent media in Ethiopia is constrained.”'' <ref> [http://ethiopia.usembassy.gov/pr5509.html "U.S. URGES FURTHER ETHIOPIAN ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS"]</ref> <ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=a12uZ3xXc36Q "Ethiopia’s Meles Says Aid Allegations ‘Outrageous and Stupid’"]</ref>.
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.addisnegeronline.com/ ''Addis Neger'' official website]
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[[Category:Mass media in Addis Ababa]]
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[[Category:2009 disestablishments in Ethiopia]]
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