Muthoki Mumo/CPJ East Africa Correspondent and Jonathan Rozen/CPJ Africa
Muthoki Mumo is CPJ’s sub-Saharan Africa representative. She is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and has a master's in journalism and globalization from the University of Hamburg.
![The skyline of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, in January 2017. Press freedom conditions remain stark, with journalists jailed or facing legal action, internet shutdowns, and reports of surveillance. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)](https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1cc5e0dfbfb446f2f4ee12bb176b6f13c80a651b.jpg?w=750&h=447&crop=1)
Why release of two journalists in Ethiopia does not signal end to press crackdown
On January 10, radio journalists Darsema Sori and Khalid Mohammed were released from prison after serving lengthy sentences related to their work at the Ethiopian faith-based station Radio Bilal. Despite their release and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s promise earlier this month to free political prisoners, Ethiopia’s use of imprisonment, harassment, and surveillance means that the…