The Quest of the Sidama Nation for Self-Determination and the Plot of Die-Hard Unionist Ethiopians As State-Terrorism in Sidama Intensifies

July 25, 2019 | By Denboba Natie, Edinburgh, Scotland

The Sidama youth demand an independent investigation of the Sidama people massacre 2.0. The Federal Government of Ethiopia had a full year time to respond to the Sidama quest, but it deliberately delayed it to cause havoc.

Part I

1. Background

1.1. General

The Sidama nation lives in the horn of Africa, notably in the southern Ethiopia. Sidama is one of Cushitic language speaking nations such as the Oromo, Afar, Somali and numerous others- all indigenous to northeast Africa for several millennia. According to the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia, the Sidama nation had a total population of 4.2 million in 2017 making it the fifth largest nation in Ethiopia after Oromia, 35.4 million; Amhara, 21.1 million; Somali, 5.6 million; and Tigray, 5.2 million. An independent estimate puts the Sidama between 6.5 and 7 million. Besides, notwithstanding the ancient history of Abyssinia dating back to three millennia, the Sidama nation and other Cushitic language speaking nations of the Horn of Africa were indigenous nations to this region dating as far back as 15, 000 years. The Sidama nation was annexed into the Ethiopian Empire by the Abyssinian King Minelik II in 1891, who sought to expand his territory to fend off the threat of the European colonial expansion following the Berlin scramble for Africa Conference of 1884 to divide Africa among the then major powers.

What does Abiy Ahmed Really want?

July 25, 2019 | By Rundassa Asheetee Hunde

The first time Abiy Ahmed assumed empire Ethiopia’s prime ministerial position, he produced mixed results.

Out of the most significant actions he took, the creation of a short-lived open political platform and the release of some Oromo political prisoners still lingers in our minds, even though what was accepted by some Oromians as positive went down when Abiy failed to take a meaningful step forward in answering the Oromo question.

WAAMICHA QOPHII AYYAANA IRREECHAA MALKAA YKN BIRRAA BARA 2019 ILAALCHISEE KAN BIYYA JARMANII KEESSATTI KABAJAMUUF QOPAA’EE

Adoolessa 17, 2019 | Koree Qindeessituu Ayyaana Irreechaa  Oromoo (KQAIO) bara 2019 

WAAMICHA QOPHII AYYAANA IRREECHAA MALKAA YKN BIRRAA BARA 2019 ILAALCHISEE KAN BIYYA JARMANII KEESSATTI KABAJAMUUF QOPAA’EE – FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GUYYAA GAAFA SANBATA DURA (SANBATDURA) FULBAANA (SEPTEMBER) 21, 2019, GERMANY  

 

Jaallatammoo fi kabajammo Ilmaan Oromoo biyya Jarmanii keessa Jirtaattan hundaaf (maraaf)! 

 

Hunda duraan dursee Koreen Qindeessituu Ayyaanaa Irreechaa Oromoo (KQAIO) nagaan Waaqayoo/Rabbi isin haagahu jedha. Ashamaa ilmaan Oromoo kann biyya Jarmanii keessa jiraattan, obboleewwan keenya dhiiraa fi dubartiin, baga ayyaana Irreechaa bara 2019 walumaan jala geenye. Ayaanni irreechaa jila (festival) waga/bara haaraatti cee‘uumsaatti. KQAIO baga nagaan booqa (ifa) birraatiin isin gahe jechudaan hawwii gaarii ummata Oromoof qabu mirkaneesa.  

Ibsa Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo

Adooleessa 08, 2019

Qabsoo Bilisummaa Oromoo aarsaa qaalii uummaanni Oromoo irree tokkuummaattin irraatti kaffaalaa turee garaa dabaarsuuf murnoonni ijaaramanii faayidaa dhuunfaa fi aangoo tikfachuuf deemaan gara dabaarsuuf tattaaffii diinoonni keenya gochaa jiraan Qeerroon Bilisummaa Oromoo ilaaluun Taajjabbii fi obsaan biraa darbaa turree. Kana biraas darbuun diinina yeroo garaagaraatti itti kennaa turree. Humnoonni badii Oromoo abjootaan garuu irraa deeddebiin gochaa farraa uummaata Oromoo gargaar qooduu fi egeree Oromoo dukkaneessu hojjaachuu itti fufaanii jiru. 

RSWO – Hiriirri Balaaleffannaa WBO/ABO Guyyaa Har’aa Magaalaa Amboo’tti Qophaa’e, Fashaleeffame

Adoolessa 7, 2019 

Hiriirri Balaaleffannaa WBO/ABO Guyyaa Har’aa, Jala-deemtota MKIX’n Magaalaa Amboo’tti Qophaa’ee ture, Dura-dhaabbannoo Qeerroofi Qarree Ambootiin Fashaleeffame | Konyaa Bunnoo Baddallee keessatti, Guyyaa Har’aa, Manneen Jireenyaa Oromoota 36’ol ta’an RIX’n Gubaman

Eritrea and Ethiopia: A year of peace, a year of dashed hopes

July 08, 2019 | African Arguments

Since the historic accord last year, the border has closed again and little has changed. Patience among Eritreans is wearing thin.

A year ago today, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in the Eritrea capital of Asmara. Eritreans lined the streets, ecstatic to greet the leader of the country with whom they had been locked in conflict for two decades.

Ethiopia needs to act fast to solve its internal displacement problem

July 08, 2019 | The Conversation

Ethiopia’s president Sahle-Work Zewde recently reaffirmed her government’s efforts to support refugees and internally displaced people in Ethiopian territory. She also called for the cooperation of continental and international actors.

Israel denies providing defence systems for Ethiopian dam

July 08, 2019

Sources within Israel’s military-industrial complex (MIC) have denied that Israeli-made air-defence systems have been installed to protect Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, i24newsreported on Sunday. The denial follows reports about tension between Egypt and Israel over the issue.

As drought stokes urban hunger, Ethiopia dishes up free school meals

July 08, 2019 | Thomson Reuters Foundation, By Dagim Terefe

As poor rains cut harvests, driving up food prices in cities, Addis Ababa authorities join charities in feeding hungry children

Students eat their lunch at Menilik II Primary School 2, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on June 5, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Dagim Terefe

Endale Terefe remembers a time when he used to go to school so hungry he had trouble staying awake during lessons.

The 14-year-old student in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, was living with his aunt after his parents died.

Time for Ethiopia to Bargain with Sidama over Statehood

July 08, 2019 |

Southern Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Sidama, is set to declare a new regional state on 18 July. To reduce conflict risks, the Sidama should resolve sensitive issues before forming the entity, while the government should urgently organise a constitutionally mandated referendum on the question.

Shiftaa

Adoolessa 07, 2019 | Tolcha Wagi Irraa

Sirna fi haccucaa bulchiinsa empayeera Itoophiyaa jalaa, of baasuuf kanneen Qawwee qabatan falmaa turan hundi isaanii, hoggantootafi deeggartoota isaanii biratti ” Shiftaa ” jedhaame kan maqaan itti hin moggaafamiin hin jiru.

TORBAN DABARSINE KEESSA SHIRA XAXAMES ADDI BILISUMMAA OROMOO INJIFANNOON GOOLABE.

Kufaatii (Shira) mootummaan ABO irratti yaade karaatti hafe.

Dubbichi akkasi ABO’n boordii filannoo biyyoolessaa irratti galmaahuuf ulaagaa isarraa eegamu guuttachaa akka jiru miseensotni fi deeggartootni ABO akkuma quba qaban ummatni biyyittii hundi quba ni qabaatu jedheen amana.