Govt. rejects license for JimmaTimes
EthioGuardian.com - May 13, 2008
The Addis Ababa government's MOI rejected license for Jimma Times (JT) based on unknown reasons and JT managers said they will continue to fight for the license.
After JT's global presence was established in 1999 (ET Calendar) through its official website, Jimma Times managers said it took them more than half a dozen months just to get their newspaper office space registered by the local government, allegedly due to local government bureaucracy and inefficiency. Since then, they have not been able to secure a license for their independent newspaper. Read More.