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’
