Eritrean News Agency (ERINA) is the official news agency of the Eritrean government.
Media assets
News agency: ERINA
State Media Matrix Typology: State-Controlled (SC)
Ownership and governance
ERINA is owned and governed by the Ministry of Information, according to local journalists consulted for this report.
Source of funding and budget
ERINA is fully funded by the Eritrean government, according to information from local journalists interviewed for this report in 2022.
Editorial independence
Like all media in Eritrea, ERINA operates under the strict control of the Ministry of Information.
No statue and no independent mechanism of assessing or overseeing the editorial independence of ERINA have been identified.
September 2023