Mass media in Eritrea

There are no current independent mass media in Eritrea. All media outlets in Eritrea are from the Ministry of Information, a government source.

Western media was brought to the country during Italian and British colonialism. The media in Eritrea played a role in its war against Ethiopia. Independent Eritrea has one of the harshest media regimes, with private and foreign ownership being banned since the early 2000s. As of 2018, the government controlled four newspapers, one television channel and two radio stations. International organizations such as Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House have consistently labelled the media in Eritrea as "not free", ranking it as the lowest or one of the lowest countries in press freedom indices.^[1]^[2] Access to the internet is very limited.^[3]

^ Whitten-Woodring & Belle 2019, p. 171.
^ Merskin 2019, Eritrea.
^ Katlic, Tim (1 August 2014). "Understanding Eritrea's Exceptionally Limited Internet Access". ICTworks. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

[FOOTNOTEWhitten-WoodringBelle2019171-1] Whitten-Woodring & Belle 2019, p. 171.

[FOOTNOTEMerskin2019Eritrea-2] Merskin 2019, Eritrea.

[3] Katlic, Tim (1 August 2014). "Understanding Eritrea's Exceptionally Limited Internet Access". ICTworks. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

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