Ethiopia wants to jam VOA broadcasts for service 's `` destabilizing propaganda '' Ethiopian PM compared VOA to Rwandan radio station blamed for sparking genocide . The U.S. government funds the media service , which broadcasts news and other programming in different languages worldwide . The government of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has accused the United Nations and international media organizations of interfering in Ethiopia's internal affairs by broadcasting anti-regime propaganda.
Ethiopia wants to jam VOA broadcasts for service 's `` destabilizing propaganda '' Ethiopian PM compared VOA to Rwandan radio station blamed for sparking genocide . The government of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has accused the United Nations and international media organizations of interfering in Ethiopia's internal affairs by broadcasting anti-regime propaganda.