''Courrier d'Ethiopie'' ('Courier of Ethiopia') was a
French language weekly newspaper published from
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...
1913–1936.
Nomenclature des journaux & revues en langue française du monde entier
'. Paris, Les bureaux de l'Argus, 1937. p. 568 The first issue came out on August 2, 1913. ''Courrier d'Ethiopie'' was the first foreign-language newspaper in Ethiopia. The newspaper was founded by Alexis Desvages, who also served as its editor until 1924.
Soon after its foundation the newspaper reached a circulation of around 700. Initially all material in the newspaper was in French (i.e. Roman font), but soon advertisements in
Amharic and, later, notices in Amharic began to appear in ''Courrier d'Ethiopie''.
[Pankhurst, Estelle Sylvia. ]
Ethiopia: a cultural history
'. Lalibela House, 1955. p. 525
Publication was discontinued 1914–1917, when Desvages was doing military service.
[Uhlig, Siegbert. ]
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: D-Ha
'. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005. p. 145
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1913 establishments in Ethiopia
1936 disestablishments in Ethiopia
French-language newspapers published in Africa
Defunct newspapers published in Ethiopia
Mass media in Addis Ababa
Weekly newspapers published in Ethiopia
Newspapers established in 1913
Publications disestablished in 1936
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