The founder and Executive Director of Ethiopian National Media Support (ENMS), journalist Fekadu Alemu, has reportedly left the country due to safety concerns. Fekadu Alemu, a prominent journalist and the driving force behind ENMS, recently disclosed his decision to leave Ethiopia.
Speaking to an anonymous source from Addis Insight, he suggested that the pressures he faced, stemming from his identity and his journalistic endeavors, along with intense surveillance by unidentified individuals, may have contributed to his departure. Our sources indicate that during his tenure at Fana Broadcasting Corporation, journalist Fekadu Alemu authored various articles under a pen name. Furthermore, he contributed critical and educational pieces on a wide range of political and social issues to prominent media outlets such as Wazema Radio, Addis Maleda, and Addis Insight Media.
In addition to his career in journalism, Fekadu Alemu is recognized for his role as an educator and trainer in the fields of journalism and communication. He has imparted his knowledge and expertise at institutions including Axum University, Hawassa University, and various colleges in Addis Ababa. Drawing from his 13 years of experience as a journalist and educator, he established Ethiopian National Media Support (ENMS) in 2020.
You can learn more about ENMS by visiting their website at https://www.facebook.com/newenms With ENMS, he has been leading and facilitating various media freedom project activities that significantly improved media professionalism in Ethiopia in collaboration with local and international organizations. The Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellowship award cohort of 2022, African Civic Engagement Academy, University of Georgia 2021, and others are among the fellowships he has received. In closing, sources have indicated to Addis Insight that journalist Fekadu Alemu has applied for asylum in England, underscoring the challenges and concerns faced by journalists working in Ethiopia.
There will be more journalists who will use every chance they get to come here because they have seen how others before them who came here and found wealth they never imagined by talking and pushing war and destruction. Remember these were journalists who were so entrusted by the regime there that they were handpicked to accompany the president of the country. Others were enthusiastic members of the press who used to paint rosy picture of the governing regime present and past. Political asylum, who is eligible or not, is not like it used to be. It looks now that anyone can come here and talk bad about a seated regime and apply for political asylum. Then a human rights lawyer will take over and you will be allowed to stay and work until your case is finalized. That may take years. Meanwhile you will open up a YouTube channel or other social media platform spilling beans about the regime you were enthusiastically part of. Subscribers, followers and views will be swarming your channel which means easy gravy leading to riches you never imagined before. Hello Messay, The Abebe’s and others like them! You gotta be worried now! You will have fierce competition coming at you!!! One of these Abebe’s is said to be involved in tracking and accumulating IP addresses of every Diaspora he comes across on the websites comment section we all participate. He spends most of his time eave dropping on everyone he likes and does not like. If you have left comment on this or other websites, it is a sure thing that that Abebe has your IP address and may be watching you now. I hope someone will ask law enforcement folks to rein in on him. It is a serious crime of violation of privacy which is protected by the constitution. It cannot be carried out without a warrant from a judge. Such accumulating of IP addresses is said to be the norm with most of the websites we all come to looking for the latest news about Ethiopia. That is wrong and someone should tell them to stop doing that to their entrusting audience. For now, let’s be ready to see these new asylum seekers spilling the beans about their former boss who they used to be in company with. They are too smart to enjoy both sides of the world. They know where it is all easy gravy!!!! So, all of you fools among us! Go ahead and give them the views, the subscriptions and the likes! They need that 3-bedrooms 3-baths house! They need that European model 3-row SUV!! Remember they are asylum seekers who came here on a first-class ticket. You have to support them, you fools!!!!