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The Ethiopian Media Authority announced on September 21, 2026, that it had indefinitely suspended Tigrai TV, also known as Tigray TV, and told other Ethiopian digital, broadcast, and print outlets not to rebroadcast, cite, or use the station’s content while the order remains in force, according to Kulu Media and related coverage summarized by Reuters and BBC.

In an Amharic statement published on its Facebook page, the authority said the suspension would remain in effect indefinitely. It accused the station of repeated violations of Ethiopia’s media laws and professional standards and alleged that content from Tigrai TV threatened national security, public order, and peaceful coexistence. Those are allegations made by the Ethiopian Media Authority. Kulu Media noted that the regulator’s statement did not present an independent judicial finding, and a response from Tigrai TV was not immediately available.

The timing put the order hours after the Sunday night broadcast in which Amhara Fano National Movement chair Zemene Kassie read the founding statement of the seven-group Ethiopian Peoples’ Forces Alliance for Survival on Tigrai TV. Kulu Media and BBC Tigrinya both placed the suspension against that sequence, while also noting that proximity alone does not prove the alliance broadcast caused the order unless the authority expressly says so.

BBC Tigrinya recalled that the Ethiopian Media Authority had previously restricted Tigray TV during the Tigray war and lifted those limits after the November 2022 Pretoria peace agreement. Kulu Media said it was not immediately clear how the indefinite suspension would affect satellite transmissions, the station’s website, or social platforms, or how the ban on other Ethiopian outlets using its material would be enforced in practice.

Further clarification from the Ethiopian Media Authority, and any reply from Tigrai TV or Tigray regional authorities, would show how widely the order reaches beyond the main broadcast feed.

Sources: Kulu Media, Reuters, BBC