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Sidama in 70's:The Murder of Mathewos Korsisa and his Nephews in Sidama

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By Side Goodo It is often argued that the socialist regime of the military junta that took power after the 1974 revolution in Ethiopia was not exclusively an Abyssinia (Tigre and Amhara) dominated administration. The basis of such argument was the participation of handpicked few surrogates who were ready to serve their Abyssinian masters at the expense of their own peoples. In this regard, there were a number of notorious non Abyssinian cadres of the socialist government who tortured, maimed and killed their own people to obtain favours from their Abyssinian masters. Ali Musa of the then Bale province in the present Oromia region and Pertros Gebre of the then southern Shewa province are the cases in point. These individuals were some of the most brutal and the most feared non Abyssinian cadres of the socialist government of the time. Although such surrogates were encouraged to kill and maim their own people they were not tolerated when they try to voice little concern about thei

መድረክ ኢሕአዴግን በአምባገነንነትና ኢዴሞክራሲያዊነት ከሰሰ

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የኢህአዴግ መንግሥት “..የአገሪቱን ሕገ-መንግሥትና እና ሌሎቹን ሕጎች እየጣሰ ነው፤ ሰላማዊ ተቃውሞዎችን እያፈነ ነው..” ሲል የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ ከሰሰ።  \ የኢህአዴግ መንግሥት “..የአገሪቱን ሕገ-መንግሥትና እና ሌሎቹን ሕጎች እየጣሰ ነው፤ ሰላማዊ ተቃውሞዎችን እያፈነ ነው..” ሲል የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ ከሰሰ። አንዱም የመድረክ ስሞታ “መንግሥት የኢትዮጵያ ዜጎች ላይ ግፍ የፈጸመው ሳዑዲ አረቢያ መንግሥት ላይ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች ተቃውሞ ሰልፍ እንዳያደርጉ ከልክሏል” የሚል ሲሆን፣ መንግሥት ሠልፎቹ ፀረ-አረብ ዝንባሌ የሚያራምዱ ናቸው ማለቱ አይዘነጋም። አቶ አስራት ጣሴ - የመድረክ አመራር አባልና የአንድነት ለዴሞክራሲና ለፍትህ ፓርቲ ተወካይ መድረክ በመግለጫው “የኢህአዴግ አምባገነናዊና ኢዴሞክራዊያዊ አካሄድ” ያለውን አሠራር ለአገሪቱ ሰላምና ደህንነት የሚመኙ ሁሉ እንዲታገሉትም ጥሪ አቅርቧል። መለስካቸው አምሃ መግለጫውን ተከታትሏል፡፡ javascript:opened=winOpened();%20if%20(!opened)%20window.__playerWindow%20=%20window.open(winUrl(4,'355352',false),winName(),winSettings);%20winSetup(4,'355352',false,%20opened);

SIDAMA PEOPLE: ETHIOPIA`S KUSHITIC EXPERT COFFEE GROWERS

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  Sidaamiti Faaya... TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE Celebrating our African historical personalities,discoveries, achievements and eras as proud people with rich culture, traditions and enlightenment spanning many years. SIDAMA PEOPLE: ETHIOPIA`S KUSHITIC EXPERT COFFEE GROWERS The Sidama people agricultural and semi-pastoral Kushitic people living in the southern part of the Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa . The majority of the Sidama people live in the Southern part of Ethiopia with notable geographical features like lake Awassa in the North and lake Abaya in the South. Sidama region of Ethiopia is home of the Sidamo Coffee. The area is characterised by lush green countryside making it known as the Garden of Ethiopia. The Sidama along with Agew and Beja were the first settlers in the northern highlands of the present day Ethiopia before the arrival of Yemeni habeshas (Abyssineans). The Sida