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Sidama Bunna wins South Castle Cup

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Sidama Bunna Sidama Bunna  (Sidama Coffee) defeated  Arba Minch Kenema  3-1 to win the  South Castle Cup thanks to hat-trick by  Addis Gedey . Meanwhile,  Dire Dawa Kenema beat  Ethiopian Bunna  (Ethiopia Coffee) 2-1 to finish third. The match started well for Arba Minch as Wondemeneh Zerihun scored just 6th minute into the match but their joy was short lived as Addis Gedey leveled the score just right after. It took only a minute after the start of the second half for Addis Gedey to put Sidama in the lead and he scored his third goal of the match in injury time. Star Player:  Addis Gedey (Sidama Bunna) Top scorer:  Addis Gedey (Sidama Bunna ) – 4 goals Top Coach: Alemayehu Abayneh (Sidama Bunna) Top Goalie : Yohannes Bezabeh (Ethiopian Coffee) http://www.ethiosports.com/

The Hawassa Industrial Park a Pretext for Land Grab in Sidama!

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Press Statement By Sidama National Liberation Front, 14 September 2016 Photo from ENA The Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) of Ethiopia has been building parks in various parts of the country. Hawassa is one of the pilot corridors for this ambitious project which is headed by Arkebe Equbay. Nonetheless, the practices of the IPDC in the Sidama region remains anti developmental for several reasons: First, the plot for the park in Hawassa, the capital city of Sidama, is taken from the land legally owned by the Sidama Development Corporation (SDC) without consultation and any compensation. The land was used by the SDC for agribusiness developments.  Expropriation of land without compensation is not only illegal but also anti-developmental. The Sidama people will view the Hawassa Industrial park not as a development corridor but as a weapon to economically marginalise them. Secondly, many Sidama farmers are displaced to provide additional space for industrial par

The Sidama Nation Had Enough of Silence!

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By Denboba Natie, September 09, 2016   The current TPLF’s Ethiopian regime has denied the Sidama nation its constitutionally guaranteed rights time and again to relegate the nation to a second citizenship on its own soil. Although the Sidama nation has heroically resisted TPLF’s regime on several occasions, the current silence of the nation in the faces of unfolding tragedies is inconsistent with its deep seated values and determination. The nation remained the subject of deceits and manipulation during the entire tenure of TPLF’s quarter of a century. By this regime, the Sidama nation has been belittled, berated and ridiculed. In particular, the TPLF’s mastermind, late dictator PM Meles Zenawi has repeatedly travelled to Sidama-land (between 2004 and 2011) to deceive the nation stressing that ‘the nation can be an independent nation (the quest which isn’t in the nation’s priority list during the time), let alone regionally self-administrative’. His false promises however remaine

የበቆሎ ሾርባ ኣሰራሪን በተመለከተ በሲዳማ ኣፎ የቀረበ ቪድዮ

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የበቆሎ ሾርባ ኣሰራርን በሲዳማ ኣፎ በቪዲዮ ያቀረበው CIMMYT መቀመጫውን በመክስኮ ሲቲ በማድረግ፤ በዘመነ ግብርና ድህነትን እና ረሃብን በታዳጊ ኣገራት መከላከል ኣላማ ኣድርጎ የተቋቋመ ድርጅት ሲሆን በኣለም ላይ በብዛት በምግብነት ከሚቀርቡ የሰብል ኣይነቶች መካከል ስንዴ እና በቆሎን በኣግባቡ ማምረት እና  ለመመገብ የሚያስችል ምክር በተለያዩ ዘዴዎች ይሰጣል። 

በደቡብ ክልል በዳዬ ከተማ በ650 ሚሊዮን ብር የዩኒቨርሲቲ ግንባታ ተጀመረ

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በደቡብ ክልል በዳዬ ከተማ በ650 ሚሊዮን ብር የዩኒቨርሲቲ ግንባታ ተጀመረ በደቡብ ክልላዊ መንግሥት ከሐዋሳ ከተማ በ125 ኪሎ ሜትር ርቀት ላይ በምትገኘው ዳዬ ከተማ በ200 ሔክታር ቦታ ላይ፣ በ650 ሚሊዮን ብር ወጪ የዩኒቨርሲቲ ግንባታ ሐምሌ 23 ቀን 2008 ዓ.ም. ተጀመረ፡፡ ዩኒቨርሲቲውን ኃላፊነት ወስዶ የሚያስገነባው የሐዋሳ ዩኒቨርሲቲ መሆኑንና አዲስ የሚገነባው ዩኒቨርሲቲ ስያሜ ‹‹ዳዬ ሐዋሳ ዩኒቨርሲቲ›› እንደሚባል፣ ግንባታውን ያስጀመሩት የዳዬ ከተማ ከንቲባ አቶ መኩሪያ መርሻዬ ገልጸዋል፡፡ ከዓመት በፊት በጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ኃይለ ማርያም ደሳለኝ የመሠረት ድንጋይ የተቀመጠ ቢሆንም፣ በተለያዩ ምክንያቶች ማለትም አካባቢውን ማፅዳትና ለነዋሪ አርሶ አደሮች ካሳ በመክፈልና ምትክ ቦታ በመስጠት ቢዘገይም በዚህ ወቅት መጀመሩ እንዳስደሰታቸው ገልጸዋል፡፡ በ200 ሔክታር ቦታ ላይ የሚነሱት 488 አርሶ አደሮች ሲሆኑ፣ ለ114 ተነሺዎች ሙሉ በሙሉ የካሳ ክፍያ መፈጸሙንና ለቀሪዎቹ በመክፈል ጎን ለጎን የግንባታ ሥራ እንደሚከናወንም ተናግረዋል፡፡ የሥራ ዕድል ከመፍጠሩም በተጨማሪ፣ ለከተማዋ ዕድገት ወሳኝ በመሆኑ የአካባቢው ማኅበረሰብ ከልማቱ ጎን እንዲቆምም ከንቲባው አሳስበዋል፡፡ ሐዋሳ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የ650 ሚሊዮን ብር ፕሮጀክት በመፈራረም ወደ ተግባር ግንባታ የገባው ከተክለብርሃን አምባዬ ኮርፖሬት ግሩፕ ጋር ነው፡፡ ግንባታውን በኃላፊነት ከሚያስፈጽመው ከሐዋሳ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ፕሬዚዳንት ፕሮፌሰር ዮሴፍ ማሞ ጋር በመሆን ያስጀመሩት፣ የኮርፖሬት ግሩፑ ዋና ሥራ አስፈጻሚ አቶ ሰይፉ አምባዬ ናቸው፡፡ በተጠናቀቀው ዓመት የይርጋለም ካምፓስን አጠናቀው ማስረከባቸውን የገለጹት ሥራ አስፈጻሚው፣ የጀመሩት የዳዬ ዩኒቨርሲቲንም ለ2010 ዓ.ም. የትምህርት ዘመን ለማድረስ ጠንክረው እ