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Somalia government teeters on collapse. By Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times | March 29, 2008 Read More

SOMALIA: Proxy War. Read more

Fragile peace fuels Somalia fears. Read more

INEXCUSABLE MISTAKE & INESCAPABLE DISASTER FOR REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY: the case of Ethio-Somalia. December 26, 2006. Read more

Ethiopia: The Country under Siege. December 26, 2006. Read more

Meles Zenawi and Mengistu Haile-Mariam share one common feature: ruthlessness. November 9, 2006. Read more

‘Fichchee’. Sidama New Year, Celebrated in Kenya. October 25, 2006. Read more

Meles’s Cadres are doubling the suffering of Sidamas. October 21, 2006. Read more

SLF's empty house continues to remain empty! Read more

News in Amaharic. Read more

4th front in the war against terror? - from ethiomedia.com - 23rd August 2006. Read more

Press Release - 15th August 2006. Read more

Caught-Up in the Middle of the Fire: August 14, 2006. Read more

Country without Leaders, But with People of Great Characters! August 14, 2006. Read more

EPRDF reign of terror. July 28, 2006. Read more

Yet worst to unfold. July 27, 2006. Read more

Abuses of Constitutional Rights of the Sidama people. April 14, 2006. Read more

Meles' regime u-turn kills Sidamas' dream. April 9, 2006. Read more

Demonstration in Pretoria. March 31, 2006. Read more

New president authorised to bribe, intimidate and suppress. March 31, 2006. Read more

Letter to HE Meles Zenawi from Sidama Intellectuals and Concerned Sidamas. March 29, 2006. Read more

Sidama Crisis Update. March 24, 2006. Read more

More Death, Arrest and Torture. March 21, 2006. Read more

The following items were received this week. March 16, 2006:-
1. Fact-sheet about the situation in Sidama.
2. Military Zone - Two students Shot Dead. Read more

Meles Zenawa is building military in Sidama. 13 March 2006. Read more

Once again Under Various Forms of Pressures. 7 March 2006. Read more

Obfuscating the Issues on Sidama’s Quest for Regional Autonomy. 21 February 2006. Read more

An unexpected Thunder: Meles Zenawi met with Heroic Resistance of Sidama Elders! 10 February 2006. Read more

Press Release - 10 February 2006. Read more

Enough is enough! Sidama is telling tyrannical regime. February 6, 2006. Read more

A Suffering people. January 2006. Read more

New Form of Deceit:- Meles’s Plot against the Sidama Continues. 30 January 2006. Read more

Deliberately Caused ‘Marginalization and Underdevelopment’ among the Sidama. 24 January 2006. Read more

Sidama University and High Schools Students held Urgent Meeting in Awassa. 20 January 2006. Read more

Sidama: - Under Tremendous Pressure to abandon their Quest for Regional Autonomy. 18 January 2006. Read more

Sidama Businessmen arrested in Awassa. 9 November 2005. Read more

Killings in Ethiopian Capital. 1 November 2005. Read more

Meles’s Representatives couldn’t achieve their mission. 30 October 2005. Read more

Mr Zenawi’s Regime’s Continued Killings. 30 October 2005. Read more

Ethiopian Dictators’ ‘Cat-Mouse’ Game Continues. 7 October 2005. Read more

Regional status for Sidama threatened. 23 September 2005. Read more

Press Release - 31 August 2005. Read more

The Post Election Vote Rigging Continues. 13 July 2005. Read more

Post-Election Pressure intensifies: Ruling party lost entire seats in Sidama region and urging for re-election. 27 May 2005. Read more

Press Release - 24 May 2005. Read more

The Abuse of the Sidama Women by the EPRDF regime of Ethiopia. 2 April 2005. Read more

The Election Dramas in Ethiopia. 6 March 2005. Read more

The Sacked Southern Ethiopia TPLF Officials’ Lamentation has been considered by their Bosses: - more than 13,000 Army members who refused to go to Ethio-Eritrean war zone arrested. Read more

Hunger and Human Rights Abuses Escalate in Sidama, Ethiopia. 7 January 2005 Read more

The Heroes and the Villains in the Sidama Liberation Struggle: Undoing the Misinformation. Part 2. 4 January 2005 Read more

The Heroes and the Villains in the Sidama Liberation Struggle: Undoing the Misinformation. Part 1. 4 January 2005 Read more

Sidama suffering continues. Innocent Sidamas targeted on daily basis. 22 December 2004 Read more

Meles nominated as member of Tony Blair's Commission for Africa - is this morally justifiable? 26 September 2004 This is in PDF format (size 12KB) Read more

The Sidama Political Asylum Seeker said to have been kidnapped from Nairobi; UNHCR failed to give the Sidamas Protection. 20 September 2004 Read more

A Catastrophic Dismantling of the Sidama Culture continues: - Sidama New Year Celebration & Ritual place (Gudumaale) is said to have been planned for leasing. 16 September 2004 Read more

350-400 Sidama Houses Burned by government Security forces; - Planned Uprooting Continues. 3 September 2004 Read more

Chaotic situation Continues: - Awassa once again under Siege; Melese Marimo Said to have fled the country. 1 September 2004 Read more

Awassa University Students Crisis Continues: An assassination attempt on the Southern Ethiopia University President
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Oromos evicted from their land. December 2003 Read more

Declaration of the establishment of the Sidama National Liberation Organization (SNLO ). Translated from Sidaamuafoo. Read more

The Sidama nation hasn't accepted the Abyssinian conquest peacefully. They
made various attempts to repulse the invading army of Minelik known by
'Neftegna', carriers of gun, led by General Beshah Aboye which was
annihilated by the Sidama army and civilians led by the king of Sidama
called Baalichcha Worawo. It was Leoulseged's army (Minelik's General) which
was able to establish full Abyssinian domination in the Sidama land and
assassinate Baalichcha Worawo and other martyrs of the Sidama. Read more

God (Magano), Spirit ( Ayaana), and Ancestors (Anuwa Akaakate Ayaana) are the fundamental elements of faith for the Sidamas and are an integral parts of their lives. Above all, the Sidama nations' morality and moral value lies on the true way of life which in Sidama language "Halaale". Read more

The SNLO is committed to enabling the people to fully regain their lost political, social, economic and cultural freedom. Read more

The cultural affairs of the Sidama society is handled by the Woma system. The Woma system has its own council known as the Womu Songo. Woma acts like a cultural and religious leader. Read more