Defending Sidama’s National Interest: - Challenges and Opportunities
By Kukkissa, Sidama Reporter from Sidama Capital Hawassa, December 26, 2013 I. The theme. I start my brief discussion by asking the Sidama readers what does national consciousness mean to you individually and how can the Sidama as a nation be an effective catalyst of the change that is dearly needed? What are the challenges? Does the Sidama nation feel comfortable with the Status-Quo, if not why? Cognizant of the fact that the Sidama nation in particular the subjugated nations and nationalities in general are under dire humanitarian conditions, these questions remain indisputably critical. The other area I’m going to discuss is what opportunities are available to the Sidama nation that are hardly exploited? Why the Sidama nation often becomes the victim of repeated deceits and manipulations of the incumbent regime as was the case during all its predecessors? Why the Sidama nation is treated differently within current Ethiopian political arrangement? Ultimatel