Eritrea
Eritrea is the only African country to have no privately-owned news media. It also has no private radio or TV stations. No criticism of the Government is tolerated. The Government closed the private press in 2001 on the premise that it endangered national security.
Press: The Eritrea Profile is published weekly in English. Hadas Eritrea is published three times a week in English, Arabic and Tigrinya. A pro-government youth paper called Tirigta is published once a week.
TV: Eri TV is a state-run broadcaster.
Radio: Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea (Dimtsi Hafash) is state-run and operates two networks with programs in 11 languages; Radio Zara has a state-run, FM network.
