In 2018, the prime minister released all journalists from prison, However, that progress has since been reversed according to Ethiopian journalists, who documented that 46 journalists were detained in the country in 2021, making Ethiopia one of the worst jailers of journalists in Africa.
Muna 2018, mukuru wenyika akasunungura vatapi venhau vese vainge vari mujeri, Kunyangwe zvakadaro, budiriro iyi irikudududzwa, mumaonero evatapi venhau vemuEthiopian journalists, vakaratidza kuti vatapi venhau makumi mana nevatanhatu vakasungwa munyika muna 2021, izvo zvakaita kuti Ethiopia imwe yenyika dzinosunga vatapi venhau zvakanyanyisa muAfrica yose.