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Re-Education
Re- Education

“Ethiopia`s challenge was internal in
Pm Abiy Ahmed Calls For The Creation Of A nature and a matter of maintaining law

Genuine African Media and order.But resolution of our internal
matters was made exceedingly difficult by

By PD Lawton, 13 February 2022 the role played by external actors”
The greatest lesson that Ethiopia
ecent events in Ethiopia Africa is often portrayed in the interna- has learned this past year that with-
have shown international tional media negatively. The endless repre- out the solidarity of our African
mainstream media up for sentation of a continent troubled by civil brothers and sisters, our existence
Rwhat it is, and that is a wars, hunger, corruption, greed, disease as a nation would have been at great
power tool and essentially a weapon and poverty is demeaning and dehuman- risk. This affirms the wisdom of
of war. The BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera izing and likely driven by a calculated our forefathers and foremothers
among other media outlets maintain strategy and agenda. This is still the in their dream of Pan Africanism.
a narrative on the recent troubles typical negative media representation of The old saying is true `United we
in Ethiopia which is fictitious. The Africa not only dis-informs the rest of the stand, Divided we fall`.Today we
level of disinformation to which world about our continent but also shapes stand proud and tall as Africans in
they have sunk has shocked people the way we see ourselves as Africans. the shadow of those who struggled
across Africa and the diaspora, Telling our own stories and shaping our to liberate and unite Africa. Our
resulting in the NoMore Movement own narratives must be our priority. In steadfast unity is the anchor and
and a rise in Pan Africanism. Africa this regard I would like to propose to this foundation of our Agenda 2063.
dearly needs an Afrocentric media august body the establishment of an Af- A continent of 1.3 billion people,
network that is not sponsored by rican Union Continental Media House. a substantial percentage of them
any non-African source. This Media house could be organized to young and dynamic will drive
provide authoritative news and informa- Africa`s prosperity and pull it out
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called tion on our continent, fight disinformation, of poverty as we set forth in our
for an African Union continental promote our collective agenda, and offer up Agenda 2063.“
media network in his speech at last opportunities for Pan African voices to be
week`s African Union General As- heard.”
sembly in Addis. He stated: Watch
On peace and security he said that video
“Equally important is Africa`s media African unity was the most import- here.
representation on the international stage. ant road to prosperity:

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