Voice Finfinne Column

February 12, 2008.

Dear readers,

Voice Finfinne was started following the decision to move Oromia's capital from Finfinne to Adama in late 2003. The decision was reversed in 2005. The leaders of the Matcha and Tulama self-help association who were put in prison following their protest against that decision were released in late 2007, reportedly having been acquitted from all the charges filed against them. The association was reported to have restarted functioning and celebrated its 45th anniversary in January 2008. Voice Finfinne would like to inform its esteemed readers that it will no longer publish new content at this site. It is instead preparing to become an objective online newspaper as Finfinne Times at www.finfinnetimes.com. Thank you for visiting.

Note to Voice Finfinne's Readers: The Special Report on the Long History of North East Africa column is the last in a series of Voice Finfinne columns. Voice Finfinne is planning to become a an objective online newspaper focusing on East Africa. The website address of this newspaper will be announced when it is launched. Voice Finfinne will remain in public domain for your reference. Thank you for reading Voice Finfinne.

Note to Voice Finfinne's readers: Since its inception, Voice Finfinne has written several columns on various issues around the history of East Africa and the ongoing struggles of all the peoples in Ethiopia for liberty. Our hope is that however minute it may have been, Voice Finfinne's columns have contributed to the people's struggles in a positive way. While there are positive signs that the peoples in our region are increasingly being empowered as a result of their concerted struggles, it is Voice Finfinne's wish to stop publishing its columns until further notice. I hope that the call being made by Voice Finfinne as well as other groups would be listened to by our political leaders. Voice Finfinne takes this opportunity to thank all its esteemed readers and hope that you will continue to read factual materials that have been published as well as those that will be published in the future. 

A note to the readers of Voice Finfinne Column (02/27/2005)