The zonal council of Bench Majo zone were the latest to unanimously approve the demand for regional state status 

members of the Oromia police seen grieving their slain colleagues during the funeral (Unknown location) Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, Nov. 30/2018 – In a statement it released following an emergency session by is executive committee, the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), the party governing Oromia and is chaired by PM Abiy …

Left: the Welayita people traditional dance; right: Sidama girls celebrating Chembelala, the Sidama people’s new year festival Belachew Mekuria (PhD), for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, November 28/2018 – In post-cold war East Africa, two contradictory yet concurrent events – integration and disintegration of states – are in the making. While …