[1] Walta, located in Addis Ababa, was founded in 1994 and supplies the Ethiopian News Agency and other media with local and national news.
[citation needed] Walta has been affiliated with the Ethiopian government since 1992 or earlier.
[2] As of 2020[update], Walta supported the federal Ethiopian government and the Prosperity Party.
[3] As part of the media conglomerate, there is an online medium in English, Amharic and Arabic with local, national, and international news and a TV station, Walta TV, broadcasting mainly social and political news in Amharic over satellite.
[4] According to Walta, it gathers, organizes, analyzes and disseminates news and provides "image building and public relation support activities".