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German radio shortwave broadcasts to Ethiopia jammed
Apr 8, 2011, 17:14 GMT
Bonn, Germany - Shortwave broadcasts to Ethiopia by Deutsche Welle, the German radio service, have been jammed for the past two days, the broadcaster said Friday in Bonn.
Voice of America, which is funded by Washington, was also facing similar jamming, Deutsche Welle said.
The last round of jamming, which drowns out radio broadcasts with noise, happened at the time of Ethiopia's elections in May 2010. Deutsche Welle, which is funded by Berlin, has broadcast in the Amharic language since 1965.
Deutsche Welle said calls for protests next month had been circulating for weeks in Ethiopia's social networks. The activists named their protest movement 'Beka,' which means 'enough' in Amharic.
The Ethiopian government was not behind the jamming, a spokesman told Deutsche Welle. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi had confirmed in the past that Ethiopia did jam foreign broadcasts, the radio service said.
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