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Call for Boycotting Bedele Brewery (Finfinne, December 26, 2013) -- Earlier this month, Ethiopian singer Tewodros Kassahun, better known by his stage name Teddy Afro, told a local newspaper that he considered emperor Minelik’s violent imperial expansion a "holy war." Teddy's glorification of the 19th century monarch, who committed ethnic cleansing against various nations and nationalities in southern Ethiopia, is not new. His last album 'Tikur Sew' was dedicated to the same king.   Background: Starting in 1880s, Emperor Menelik II embarked on a war of conquest against the Oromo and other nations located south of the Abyssinian kingdom. Equipped with the latest European firearms, his army unleashed a devastating campaign, which according to some reports reduced the population of several ethnic groups including the Oromo by half. Wherever he faced fierce resistance, Menelik responded with the most barbaric and horrific forms of violence sometimes cutting of hands

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

ዘንድሮ የሲዳማ ቡና ከተጠበቀው በላይ ገበያ ያጣበት ሁኔታ ያለ ሲሆን ቡና ገበያ ካጣባቸው በርካታ ምክንያቶች መካከል ጥራቱ መውረዱ ኣንዱ ነው። የሲዳማ ቡና ኣልም ኣርሶ ኣደሮችን የቡና ጥራት በማሳደጉ በኩል እንዲረዱ ተብለው በየቀበሌያት የተመደቡት የልማት ስራቸኞች የተመደቡበትን ስራ ከመስራት ይልቅ በፖለቲካ ስራዎች ላይ በመጠመዳቸው ጉዳዪን ኣባብሶታል። የሲዳማ ቡና ታይቶ በማይታቀው ሁኔታ በዘንድሮ ኣመት በዝቅተኛ ዋና ተሽጧል፤ ዝርዝሩ የሪፖርተራችን ጥቻ ወራና ነው ያንቡት፦ Bunu Sidaamu dagara sa"eno Wo'mu Tophiyira Ekonoomete, poletikahonna dagoomu lophphora umikkiha ikkasi anfoonnite. Sidaamu daga ekonoome umihunni bunu jiro iima xintantinoti xawoho. Konni buni dikko ragunni duushsha agurtunkunni kuneeti tayiixe sase diro ikkino. Konni albaanni ECX /Ethiopian Commodity Exchange/ xiinxallo assite bunu deerra babbade wortino. Sidaama A- yite gaantinohu = Cirrete worku woradi geeshsha heeranno buna, Bansiha, Booniha, Hulate noo buna  Sidaama B Yine gaamoonihu Alatta Wondiha, Aletta Cuukkoniha, Daarraniha, Daaleha, Wonshiha,Gorcheha, Shebbediiniha buna  Sidaama C Yine gaamoonihu, Kambaatuniha, Wolaaitunniha, Halaabunnihanna ha

By Asrat Seyoum and Solomon Goshu Courtesy of the much discussed 2005 election, the Ethiopian political landscape, especially around a major election, has changed for good. So much so that election season in the country is now associated with anxiety of instability on one hand, and revival of political discourse on the other. Most political parties start to come out of their shell during this time, becoming more vocal on issues of political significance. The next election is scheduled to take place in May 2015, and the usual heightened mood seems to be picking up pace slowly, with efforts to awaken voters already beginning. One example to this effect is a call last week by Merera Gudina (Ph.D.), current chairman of Medrek, the Ethiopian Democratic Unity Forum, for the ruling party to sit down and negotiate on how to go about the upcoming national election. In a press briefing, Merera expressed his party's desire to discuss the possibilities of opening up the political spac

ኣጸ ምኒልክ የሲዳማ ህዝብ በራሱ መንግስት ለዘመናት ሲያስተዳድር የቆየውን ነጻ ግዛት በማን ኣለብኝነት በመውረር እና ከኣውሮፓውያን ያሰባሰባቸውን የወቅቱን ዘመናዊ የጦር መሳሪያ በመጠቀም በንጽሃን የሲዳማ ወንዶች እና ሴቶች ብሎም ህጻናት ላይ የፈጸመው ኢሰብኣዊ ተግባራት በድምጻዊ ቴዲ ኣፍሮ በቅዱስ ጦርነትነት መጠቀሱ እጅግ ኣሳዛኝ ነው።  ምኒልክ በሲዳማ ህዝብ ላይ  ያካሄደው ኢስብኣዊ  ጭፍጨፋ በቅዱስነት የምጠቅሱት ቴዲን የመሳሰሉ ግለሰቦችን ጨምሮ  በየጊዜው ተነስተው የወደቁ እና ኣሁን በስልጣን ላይ ያሉ የኢትዮጵያ መሪዎች በሲዳማ ህዝብ ላይ የፈጸሙት መሰል ኢሰብኣዊ ተግባራት በግልጽ ልወገዝ ይገባል። ከዚህም ባሻገር የሲዳማ ህዝብ የቴውድሮስ ካሳሁን ኣይነት ኣመለካከት ያላቸውን ስዎች ልታገላቸው ይገባል።  The dark side of Teddy Afro's fame and fortune   By Tigist Geme (OPride) – Ethiopia’s pop star Tewodros Kassahun, better known as   Teddy Afro , is once again back in the limelight. Teddy made headlines last week with a comment published in the local Amharic magazine, Enqu, in which he condoned Menelik's greater Abyssinian campaign in southern Ethiopia as a holy war. Despite this disturbing statement and Teddy’s controversial past, local subsidaries for two multinational corporations – Heineken NV and Coca Cola Company