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  Commemorating the 11th anniversary of Sidama Victims of Atrocity on May 25, 2013 in London at ‘GHARWEG’ Training Centre, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7XW The Sidama Community ‘UK’ will Honour about 115 Courageous, Determined and Law-abiding Sidama Men, Women and Children who have been Cold Bloodedly massacred by the current ruthless  TPLF/EPRDF’s regime in Loqqe village at the outskirt of Sidama capital -Hawassa on May 24, 2002 whilst peacefully demonstrating demanding their Constitutional rights to regional self determination- the quest which the Sidama nation is unlawfully and blatantly denied to this date. Our community invites Friends of Sidama nation, others Ethiopians whose peoples are subjected to similar inhuman and tragic treatments by the said barbaric regime to join the Sidama Community in paying their respect to our fallen martyrs’. As we commemorate the 11th anniversary of Sidama victims of atrocity on May 25, 2013 in London at aforementioned loca

The Sidama Community in the UK (S.C.UK) commemorates the 11th anniversary of the 115 courageous Sidama men, women and children who were massacred by the TPLF/EPRDF regime in May 2002. They invited the Oromo community to attend and pay tribute to those fallen martyrs. Please attend this memorial ceremony to show our solidarity with Sidama people and to remember those who sacrificed their lives for freedom and democracy. Date:  Saturday, 25 May 2013, 10:00am- 01:00pm Venue:  GHARWEG, Training Centre 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7XW London  Qeerroo  Activists http://gadaa.com/oduu/19949/2013/05/13/sidamas-loqee-massacre-commemoration-in-london-may-25-2013/

Ten years after the Ethiopian famine of 2003, when international food aid rushed in to feed 14 million people, another World Food Program (WFP) tent has been erected on an open field. But this isn't a scene of food distribution. It is a scene of food purchase. The action happens on the grounds of the Sidama Elto Farmers' Cooperative Union in Awassa, Ethiopia. Sidama Elto is one of 16 cooperative unions in Ethiopia that have signed forward contracts with the WFP for the purchase of more than 28,000 metric tons of maize grown by their smallholder farmer members. The maize, which is part of 112,000 tons of food the WFP purchased in Ethiopia last year, will be used for WFP relief distributions in the country. Ten years ago, many of those farmers and their families were receiving food aid from the WFP. One of the major lessons in agricultural development over the past decade is this: Markets Matter. The 2003 famine tragically, and incomprehensibly, followed two years of bu

ከምሽቱ ኣምስት ሰዓት ኣካባቢ ከኣንድ መኖሪያ ቤት ተነሳ የተባለው እሳት በኣካባቢው የነበሩት ወደ 12 የሚሆኑ የንግድ ቤቶችን ያቃጠለ ሲሆን ከተቃጠሉት የንግድ ቤቶች መካከል የምግብ ቤቶች፤ የሸቀጣሸቀጥ መደብሮች፤ የመድሃኒት ቤት፤ የህንጻ መሳሪያ መሸጫን የመሳሰሉት ይገኙበታል። ቃጠሎው ያወደማቸውን ቤቶች ተዘዋውረው የጎበኙት የዞኑ ካፍተኛ ባለስልጣናት ንብረታቸውን በእሳት ላጡ ለከተማዋ ነዋሪዎች መንግስት ድጋፍ እንደሚያደርግ መናገራቸው ተሰምቷል።

አዋሳ ግንቦት 05/2005 በሲዳማ ዞን ባለፉት ዘጠኝ ወራት ከ17 ሺህ 600 ቶን በላይ የታጠበ ቡና ለማዕከላዊ ገበያ መቅረቡን የዞኑ ግብይትና ህብረት ስራ መምሪያ አስታወቀ፡፡ በመምሪያው የግብርና ግብይት የስራ ሂደት አስተባባሪ አቶ ገነነ ገቢባ ባለፈው ቅዳሜ ለኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት እንደገለጹት በዞኑ ቡና አምራች ከሆኑ 13 ወረዳዎች የቀረበው ይሄው ቡና በዘጠኝ ወሩ ተሰብስቦ ከተዘጋጀው 22 ሺህ 851 ቶን የታጠበ ቡና ውስጥ ነው፡፡ ቀሪው 5 ሺህ 245 ቶን የታጠበ ቡና በየወረዳዎቹ በመጋዘን በክምችት እንደሚገኝና በቅርቡ በተመሳሳይ ለማዕከላዊ ገበያ ለማቅረብ መዘጋጀቱን አስረድተዋል፡፡ በዞኑ ለማዕከላዊ ገበያ የሚቀርበው ከ95 በመቶ በላይ የታጠቡ ቡና መሆኑን አስተባባሪው አመልክተው ያለፉት ዘጠኝ ወራት አቅርቦት ከዕቅዱ ቢያንስም ካለፈው አመት ተመሳሳይ ጊዜ ጋር ሲነጻጻር በ2 ሺህ 154 ቶን ብልጫ እንዳለው ተናግረዋል፡፡ ከዕቅዱ አንጻር አቅርቦቱ የቀነሰው የአለም ገበያ ዋጋ መውረድ ጋር ተያይዞ ይጨምራል በሚል የመጠበቅና በክምችት የመያዝ ሁኔታ ቢስተዋልም አሁን የገበያው ሁኔታ እየተሻሻለ በመምጣቱ በቀጠዩ ጊዜያት አቅርቦቱም ከፍ እንደሚል ይጠበቃል ብለዋል፡፡ ቡናው ተዘጋጅቶ ለማዕከላዊ ገበያ የተላከው በ51 የህብረት ስራ ማህበራትና በ244 የግል ባለሀብቶች አማካኝነት ነው፡፡ በቡና ማጠብና ዝግጅቱ ላይ 336 ኢንዱስትሪዎች መሳተፋቸውን ገልጸዋል፡፡ በዞኑ ቡና አምራች በሆኑት ወረዳዎች በእሻት ቡና ዝግጅትና አሰባሰብ ላይ በዘጠኝ ወራት ውስጥ ከ51 ሺህ ለሚበልጡ ሰዎች ቋሚና ጊዜያዊ የስራ እድል ተጠቃሚ መሆናቸውን አስተባባሪው አስታውቀዋል፡፡ በእሸት ቡና ግዥ ላይ የተሳተፉ አርሶ አደሮችም ዘንድሮ ከ923 ሚሊዮን ብር በ