Elias Amare is new reporter for VOA in Asmara

Elias Amare is VoA's new correspondent in Asmara 

Elias Amare is new reporter for VOA in Asmara 


Elias Amare is the new correspondent in Asmara for Voice of America, a government-owned media based in D.C.

Elias' first broadcast from the capital began on New Years Eve, in which he interviewed several residents about their desires for the new year.

Editor's Opinion:

One of the few places the Eritrean government has done a terrible job in is delivering timely news to its citizens. It seems every time some important news happens inside the country, state media is usually the last to report on it.  The government should consider changing this strategy because it is allowing  foreign media to tarnish the country's image. The lynching Eritrea is receiving in the media is undoubtedly shaping negative perceptions among Western policy makers and discouraging potential tourists and investors from visiting and investing in the country.

Going forward, the  government should allow Western media into the country on the condition that they hire Eritrean journalists to report for them. Additionally, the government should hire several local Eritrean journalists to report about the country in a timely fashion on a separate website from Shabait. These reporters should be given the flexibility to report the good and the bad, provided it doesn't compromise national security. 

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