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By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb AND
Bileh jelan @Bilejelan
Addis Ababa, September 23, 2020 – The month of August 2020 has left a dark shadow for the Ethiopian journalist community and for the media family, as we lost four Ethiopian journalists: Mohammed Tola of Al Jazeera; Getachew Tedela from Deutsche Welle Amharic; Dimtsi Woyane’s Fikru Weldu; and Adenew Tsegaye, writer and poet better known by his pen name Adonis. These professionals have been honored in separate instances and resting places by family members and co-workers and admirers of men.
The next is Addis Standard tribute in memory of the companions we lost.
Mohammed tola
“He saw journalism as a means to serve humanity. He argued strongly against propaganda journalism and emphasized that a journalist must always be the voice of the voiceless. He did not believe in the propaganda media and fought against all temptations to indulge in them, ”said Nurddin Abda, writer and former colleague of Mohammed Tola.
On August 20, 2020, journalism in Ethiopia lost one of its most influential members on the international scene, Mohammed Tola. Mohammed, who rose to fame after his coverage of the disputed 2005 general elections in Ethiopia for the Arab Al Jazeera, was considered by many to be the first Arab voice to bring Ethiopia to the Arabic-speaking population in the Middle East and elsewhere. places.
Mohammed was born in the city of Taif (85 kilometers southeast of the Holy City of Mecca), Saudi Arabia in 1978. He soon returned to his family’s hometown of Agarfa, Bale Zone, in Ethiopia’s Oromia regional state to the age of 5 where he spent his childhood studying the Holy Quran. Later, his family moved to the capital Addis Ababa, where he subsequently joined Al-Ansar Primary School. At 15, he joined the Djibouti Islamic Institute to finish his secondary education. He was offered a full scholarship to the University of Qatar after graduation. He took this opportunity to study and explore his passion for media. He finished his bachelor’s degree in mass communication and went to work for Dr. Jassim Sultan, a prominent author from Qatar, but left shortly to join the Al-Jazeera Arabic offices.
In his capacity as a reporter, he reported on the 2005 Ethiopian general elections, the 2011 Ethio-Muslim protests, and the 2012 US elections that saw Barack Obama re-elected for a second term. As an editor specializing in Horn of Africa affairs, he edited and worked on reports that involved sensitive issues in the region. In 2011, he founded Ethiopian-Arabic, an online platform that offered Ethiopian Arabic-speaking journos, the platform for writing about current affairs.
Shortly after his coverage of the 2012 US elections, Mohammed left Al-Jazeera and joined the Middle Eastern Broadcasting Network (MBN), a US government-owned network that operates the Arabic-language platforms of Al-Hurra TV and Sawa Radio. “We called him the golden voice,” said Abdulshakur Abdulsamad, a close friend of Mohammed, continuing: “He was a pan-African humanist, he practiced journalism for his core values and we will never see his tastes for a long time. “
In a statement issued by Ethiopian-Arabic, “Muhammad went to Almighty after a long battle with the disease; he fought valiantly until his last moments. He presented Ethiopia to the Arabic-speaking population with all his might. He held firm to the values of telling only the truth, coming to the aid of the aggrieved, and being the voice of the voiceless. ”Mohammed is survived by two daughters and his wife.
Getachew Tedela
On August 18, 2020, at the age of 73, the Ethiopian journalism scene lost Getachew Tedela, a radio journalist for Deutsche Welle Amharic. Born in Addis Ababa in 1943 to a father Tedela HaileGiorgis and mother Akelile Neged, he was the fifth child of eleven children. Getachew finished his primary and secondary schools at Leciye GebreMariam upon graduating with excellence. And later he went to France to continue his university education.
First, in 1963, Getachew served as a translator for the Ethiopian Peace Corps in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during its civil war. While Getachew was in France studying leather technology courses, a passion that proved useful later in life, Getachew advocated and participated in modern agriculture until the 1974 revolution and lost everything he had.
Getachew, who took different journalism courses both in France and in German, worked for the European Union Newsroom after undergoing training in Brussels. He also worked for Radio France International, Radio Netherlands, Channel Africa, BBC / French, VOA / French and Radio Canada International, among others. However, he was most recognized as a correspondent for Deutsche Welle becoming a familiar voice for 28 years in French and Amharic service until he left the field due to serious health problems. Getachew is survived by his only son and wife.
Fikru Weldu
On August 23, 2020 at the age of 33, Ethiopian journalism lost journalist Fikru Weldu. He was born in Woldia, North Wollo area in 1987. Fikru studied Journalism and Communication at the University of Mekelle and began his career as a journalist in the newspaper “Weyin”, then he made his career joining Tigray Television for a time and then he joined Fana Broadcasting Corporate. . At the end of his last years he was working for Demtsi Weyane. Following Hachalu Hundessa’s assassination, Demsti Weyne’s Addis Ababa office was closed and he subsequently went to Mekelle. Fikru was receiving treatment for leukemia at both the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekelle and the Tikur Anbesa Referral Hospital in Addis Ababa; his only son and wife survived him.
Adenew Tsegaye
Adenew was shy. At the closing event for the TV drama “Gemena” that took place at the Sheraton Addis, the emcee called him by name repeatedly, but he was media shy and eventually his wife took the award in his Name. Author and poet Adenew Tsegaye in his pseudonym Adonis [also his son’s name], has never appeared on any media platform. He authored two television series with the power to create a path for Ethiopian television series. Professionally an architect, Adenew was also a translator and composer of children’s songs, although unpublished. He translated Anne Frank’s Young Woman’s Diary into the popular Amharic version “Ye Anna Mastawesha”, the book by Adolfe Heckaman. His older brother, author Hailu Tsegaye, in his testimony for ETV said “Adenew was a very good self taught guitarist. He also taught himself his exceptional writing skills.
Adenew passed away at Minillik II Hospital while receiving treatment for pneumonia. He was married and the father of two children. In honor of your living intention of the privacy of the photo shoot, Addis Standard is reserved to publish his image.
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