Radio Zara is a radio station in Eritrea.
Media assets
Radio: Zara FM
State Media Matrix Typology: State-Controlled (SC)
Ownership and governance
Radio Zara is owned and directly governed by the Ministry of Information, which appoints the station’s management and makes all decisions related to the operation of the broadcaster.
Source of funding and budget
Radio Zara is funded by the Eritrean government, according to information collected from journalists residing in Eritrea.
Editorial independence
Like all media in Eritrea, Radio Zara does not have editorial independence, operating under the strict control of the Ministry of Information.
No statue and no independent mechanism of assessing or overseeing the editorial independence of Radio Zara has been identified during the latest round of research. Fully controlled by the Ministry of Information, Radio Zara operates as a government mouthpiece.
September 2023