The ma in aim of t hi s study was to exa mine how the Ethi opi an Media covered the South Sudanrnconflict in the stud y period. In order to undertake the assignment, framing theory was employed.rnThe stud y was cond ucted on t hree Eng li s h newspapers : th e Ethiopian Herald, Fortu ne and thernRepo rter. A fo ur- m onth data was taken from each newspaper. Quantitative content a nalysis ,rnTextua l a nalysis and in-d epth in terv iew were the teclmiques used. Quantitative content analys isrnand qualitative Textual ana lysis were applied to inves ti gate how the iss ue of South Sudan wasrnframed in the newspape rs a nd to identify whi ch frame types were used. In-d epth interview wasrnconducted to support the re sults found from the two me thods.rnThe st ud y re ve als t hat the conflict frame was the domina nt frame used by Fortune and ThernRepo rter. A nd th e next frame was the attribution of responsibility frame which was the dominantrnfiÂ·ame for The Eth iopian Herald. Co nfli ct and human interest frames were the common fram esrnused by the three papers. The Ethiopian Herald and fortune showed simil arit y in usingrnAttribution of re s ponsibility frame. For th e two newspapers the e lites from the ri valry groups arernre spons ible for the ca use of the confl ict and also to brin g about so lu tion. different to the twornnewspapers, for The Reporter, Ethi op ia is more responsible in bringing peace because of thernprox imit y it ha s w ith so uth Suda n and also in defending herself from the contagious nature ofrnth e confl ict. The contingency fram e was found only in The Reporter's coverage to s how that thernrnrnrn. rnf..rnernconflict may spillover to Ethiopia, Unlike the Reporter, The Ethiopian Herald and Fortunernpreferred to say noth ing though aware of it. And also the economic frame was found only inrnFortune which is business focused newspaper.rnIn using news sources, it was found that Fortune was highly dependent on international mediarnsources. While, The Reporter tried to use different sources in a balanced way. On the other side,rnalmost all the stories in The Ethiopian Herald were event based whi ch coated the officials'rnspeeches at the events and reports from different organizations. In the case of Ethiopian Herald,rnThe study also prevails how ownership matters in delivering information on time. Based on thernfinding, some recommendations were forwarded.