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| Editor | Tsedale Lemma |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
| Format | News magazine |
| Publisher | JAKENN Publishing P.L.C. |
| Founded | February 2011 (2011-02) |
| Company | Addis Standard Publications |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Based in | Addis Ababa |
| Language | Afaan Oromo, Amharic, English |
| Website | addisstandard |
Addis Standard is an Ethiopian monthly social, economic andpoliticalnews magazinepublished[1][2] and distributed by Jakenn Publishing Plc, and was established in February 2011 byTsedale Lemma,[3] who is also theeditor-in-chief of the magazine as of January 2021[update].[4][2] The magazine has an independent political stance,[5] and is headquartered inAddis Ababa.[6]
Addis Standard is distributed inGhana,Burundi andSouth Sudan in addition to its native country, Ethiopia.[6]
Addis Standard discontinued its print edition in October 2016[2] in response to censorship, while continuing to publish online.[7][8] It resumed a monthly print edition in 2018.[citation needed]
During theTigray War, one of theAddis Standard editors involved in coveringTigray Region, Medihane Ekubamichael, was detained for a month. He was freed in early December 2020.[9] In 2021 the media regulatory of the Ethiopian government had suspended Addis Standard, but later the suspension was withdrawn by the government.[10][11][12][13]
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