Police took Fanuel Kinfu, founder of the online outlet Fentale Media, from his home in the capital Addis Ababa and questioned him over alleged defamation in relation to commentary videos published between April 2023 and June 2024, he told CPJ. On April 15, 2025, he was released on bail of 15,000 birr (US$113).
CPJ did not receive a response to May 2025 queries sent via email and messaging app to the federal police and government spokesperson Legesse
Tulu.