Sidama National Liberation Front

Sidama National Liberation Front
Dates of operation1999 – present
Active regionsSidama Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia
IdeologySidama self-determination
Part ofAFD (2006-2021)
UFEFCF (2021-present)
Allies ONLF[1]
OLF[2]
Opponents Ethiopia
Battles and warsConflicts in the Horn of Africa
Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Sidama National Liberation Front,[3][4][5] also known as Sidama Liberation Front[2][1] or Sidama Liberation Movement[citation needed] (abbreviated SNLF or SLF) is a rebel group in the Sidama Region of Ethiopia.[3][6] The SNLF allied with the Oromo Liberation Front in 2012[2] and the Ogaden National Liberation Front in 2015[1] against the Tigray People's Liberation Front.

Creation

The Sidama National Liberation Front was established c. 1999.[4][6]

Aims

The SNLF describes its aim as self-determination of the Sidama people.[4] In 2016, SNLF representatives met with other groups in Asmara, creating the People's Alliance for Freedom and Democracy, which protested against the "brutal suppression of the unarmed protesters in Oromia by the TPLF". The alliance protested against multinational corporations and the TPLF-dominated government expropriating natural resources from poor agro-pastoral communities and displacing the inhabitants.[3]

Leadership

In 2017, Denboba Natie was a member of the SNLF's executive committee.[5]

Alliances

In 2012, the SNLF (at the time, SLF), made a joint statement with the Oromo Liberation Front, accusing the TPLF of deliberately creating violent conflict between Sidama and Oromo groups "through multifaceted attacks". The SNLF and OLF together called for "subjugated peoples in general" and the Oromo and Sidama to avoid being lured into conflict and "instead form their historically effective common elders committee and resolve their conflicts in the established traditional way."[2]

As of 2015, the SNLF was allied with two other rebel groups, the Ogaden National Liberation Front and the Oromo Liberation Front, and was fighting against the government of Ethiopia, dominated by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPDRF).[1][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ogaden National Liberation Front, Oromo Liberation Front and Sidama Liberation Front Alliance for Peace, Democracy and the right of Choice – Joint Statement regarding the Fake Election in Ethiopia". Sidama National Liberation Front. 2015-05-25. Archived from the original on 2021-11-04. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "The Oromo and Sidama Peoples' Historical and Neighbourly Relation Cannot Be Dented by the TPLF Plots". Horn of Africa – Free Forum in the African Horn. 2012-06-29. Archived from the original on 2021-11-06. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "UNPO: Asmara Hosts the First Congress of PAFD". Underrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. 2016-03-30. Archived from the original on 2021-11-06. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "About Sidama National Liberation Front". Sidama National Liberation Front. 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  5. ^ a b "UNPO: Urgency of Addressing the Plight of Women Belonging to Vulnerable Groups in Ethiopia Highlighted at UNPO EP Conference". Underrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. 2017-03-24. Archived from the original on 2017-06-08. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Sidama Liberation Front (SLF)". Tracking Terrorism. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Ogaden National Liberation Front, Oromo Liberation Front and Sidama Liberation Front Alliance for Peace, Democracy and the right of Choice – Joint Statement regarding the Fake Election in Ethiopia (pdf)" (PDF). Sidama National Liberation Front. 2015-05-25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
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