The paper was founded by Emperor Haile Selassie following the liberation of the country, and its name refers to the liberation of Ethiopia from Italian colonial rule.
[3] The paper was launched as a four-page weekly on 7 June 1941.
[1] On 5 May 1946 it became a broadsheet publication[1] and in December 1958 it became a daily newspaper,[3] along with the Ethiopian Herald.
[4] It is based in Addis Ababa and is currently published by the Ethiopian Press Agency.
[2] On Sundays, the paper provides its readers with extensive news about children in the country in terms of cultural activities.