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Notably, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was a board member of the organization that runs OBN before assuming the office of prime minister. [ 2 ] In February 2018, the president of the Oromia regional state, Lemma Megersa , pledged to defend the independence and impartiality of the state-run Oromia Broadcasting Network (OBN), among others.
Name Logo Satellite Genre Website 1 Finfinne News Network (FNN) Yahsat (11843-V-27500-3/4) News, culture, entertainment, human rights: fnnmedia.org
There have been three major forces involved in the evolution of media in Ethiopia: (1) the need to communicate information about Ethiopia to the external world in order to create an international awareness of Ethiopia and its leaders, (2) the need for internal communication to provide information and to develop a sense of national identity and, later (3) the need to utilize media for education ...
OBN may refer to: OBN, IATA code for Oban Airport in Scotland; Ocean Bottom Nightmare, a rock band from Nottingham, England; Oceania Broadcasting Network, a free-to-air television network in Tonga; Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, a state law enforcement agency in Oklahoma, US
Television in Ethiopia was introduced in 1962 with the government owned ETV. Color television started in 1979 on an experiment basis with regular transmissions starting in 1984 to commemorate the founding of Workers' Party of Ethiopia (WPE). [ 1 ]
Jawar Mohammed (Oromo: Jawaar Mahammad; ግእዝ፡ ጃዋር መሐመድ born 12 May 1986) [1] is an Ethiopian political analyst and activist. [3] [4] [5] One of the founders of the Oromia Media Network (OMN), Jawar was a leading organizer of the 2014–2016 Oromo protests. [5]
Jawar Mohammed established the OMN following a movement which he called "Oromo first". The "Oromo first” movement later grew into a political campaign, raising funds to establish the satellite TV station, launched 2013, along with Facebook and Twitter accounts using the brand Oromia Media Network (OMN). [3]
The Oromo conflict or Oromia conflict is a protracted conflict between the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Ethiopian government. [17] [18] The Oromo Liberation Front formed to fight the Ethiopian Empire to liberate the Oromo people and establish an independent state of Oromia.