Mesfin Negash was the managing editor of leading weekly Addis Neger until 2009, when the staff ceased publication and fled Ethiopia under threat of arrest after the paper was accused of anti-state coverage. He now edits Addis Neger Online from exile. In November 2011, Mesfin and other Ethiopian journalists were charged with supporting a terrorist group for covering an opposition movement. Mesfin was charged in absentia.
