Ethiopia: Oromia Media Network Forced to Shut Down

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Ethiopia: Oromia Media Network Forced to Shut Down

Somalilandsun: Oromia Media Network (OMN) is an Ethiopian independent media enterprise established in the U.S. six and a half years ago.

Its stated mission is producing original and citizen-driven news and stories on Oromia and Ethiopia. The network is financed and operated by an extensive network of grassroots movements and the wider diaspora.

The OMN was a rare non-Amharic voice in Ethiopia’s media landscape and following recent upheavels in the country the media outlet was forced to shut down.

The road to the clamp down is described by a former network  executive director Girma Gutema in a peice titled OMN: An ‘alien’ star in Ethiopia’s skewed media universe is ‘cancelled’