Serto Ader

Serto Ader (Amharic: ሠርቶ ዐደር, 'Toilers') was an Amharic-language newspaper in Ethiopia, published from Addis Ababa.[1][2][3] The newspaper was founded in June 1980, as the organ of the Central Committee of the Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia (COPWE).[4][5] The newspaper sought to popularize Marxism-Leninism amongst the Ethiopian masses.[3]

Serto Ader had a circulation of around 100,000.[2][6] The newspaper was initially published fortnightly, but was converted into a weekly.[1][6] Tesfaye Tadese served as editor of the newspaper, Gezahegn Gebre as deputy editor.[2]

When the Workers' Party of Ethiopia was founded, replacing COPWE, Serto Ader became the central organ of the new party.[2][7]

  1. ^ a b Aussenpolitik: Zeitschrift für internationale Fragen, Volume 32. 1981. p. 192
  2. ^ a b c d Europa Publications Limited. The Europa Year Book. London: Europa Publications, 1988. p. 1000
  3. ^ a b African studies in the Soviet Union: yearbook. 1986. p. 77
  4. ^ Banks, Arthur S., and William Overstreet. Political Handbook of the World, 1981: Governments, Regional Issues and Intergovernmental Organization As of January 1, 1981. New York: McGraw-Hill for the Centre for Social Analysis of the State University of New York at Binghamton and the Council on Foreign Relations, 1981. p. 177
  5. ^ Great Soviet encyclopedia, Volume. 1982. p. 348
  6. ^ a b New African, Edition 184–195. 1983. p. 34
  7. ^ Langer, Emil. Revolutionäre Vorhutparteien in Asien und Afrika: Formierung und Kampf. Berlin: Dietz, 1986. p. 137