Ethiopia Insight published on 26 August 2025 a commentary titled "Ethiopia's Press Is Manufacturing Compliance" by Eyob Yohannes, data analyst based in Ethiopia.
The commentary discusses the erosion of press freedom in Ethiopia, which has always operated with significant limitations on the media. The author concludes: "The question is not whether Ethiopia has a free press. The question is whether Ethiopia can reclaim one before too much memory, and too much of its future, is gone."
