In June 2019 Borkena reported that the board of Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio was discussing restructuring while some employees and supporters saw a plot to close the opposition-leaning diaspora outlet.
ESAT had been a major exile media voice, so an internal fight quickly became a public controversy among audiences who treated the station as political infrastructure, not just a workplace.
Kept as media politics archive, the Borkena report dates the 2019 ESAT restructuring dispute.
Sources: Borkena