Ethiopia is named as the worst enemy to Internet freedom in the sub-Saharan Africa, along with Zimbabwe - Gadaa.com - March 12, 2008

The Paris-based press freedom agency, Reporters Without Borders, has denounced Ethiopia as one of the two worst enemies to Internet freedom in the sub-Saharan Africa; the other is Zimbabwe. Overall, there are 15 countries that have been identified as the worst Internet enemies in the world by Reporters Without Borders: Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

Having only 164,000 Internet users, the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation/Agency has monopoly over all Internet services besides being regulatory authority over online surfing behavior. Being caught surfing Woyane-prohibited websites (most of which deal with defending human rights) could land in jail.