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Sidama National Liberation Front
The Sidama National Liberation Front, also known as Sidama Liberation Front (Abbreviation, abbreviated SNLF or SLF) was a rebel group in the Sidama Region of Ethiopia. The SNLF allied with the Oromo Liberation Front in 2012 and the Ogaden National Liberation Front in 2015 against the Tigray People's Liberation Front. As of 2021, the ACLED declared the SNLF to be an "inactive" organization that is "neither well known nor well developed even among its own community". Creation The Sidama National Liberation Front was established . Aims The SNLF describes its aim as self-determination of the Sidama people. In 2016, SNLF representatives met with other groups in Asmara, creating the Alliance for Freedom and Democracy, People's Alliance for Freedom and Democracy, which protested against the "brutal suppression of the unarmed protesters in Oromia by the Tigray People's Liberation Front, TPLF". The alliance protested against multinational corporations and the TPLF-dominated government ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidama People
The Sidama () are an ethnic group traditionally inhabiting the Sidama Region, formerly part of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. On 23 November 2019, the Sidama Zone became the 10th regional state in Ethiopia after a zone-wide referendum. They speak the Sidama language, which is a language of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Despite their large numbers, the Sidama lacked a separate ethnic regional state until continuous protests resulted in the proposal being voted on in a November 2019 referendum. History In historical writings on the Sidama there is certain confusion on who the Sidama were and which areas should be defined as theirs. This group was called the Sidamo cluster in early writings, and the name "Sidamo" was used as a collective for all Cushitic and Omotic people of southwest Ethiopia. Historian Lapiso G. Delebo states that the term Sidama was traditionally a demeaning designation used to refer to non Orom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
