South Africa, April 10 -- Police arrested the journalists over a 23 March episode of Addis Meiraf, which has since been taken down, in which Birtukan Temesgen said she was abducted and raped by men in military uniforms when she was a student in 2020.

Birtukan recanted her claims on state-owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation on 27 March and EBS founder Amman Fissehazion apologised on 28 March, saying the station discovered the allegations were fabricated after the programme aired.

On 1 April, the regulatory Ethiopian Media Authority said it had suspended Addis Meiraf pending "corrective actions." Birtukan and the journalists were remanded for 14 days while police investigate.

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