Sidama Referendum 2018

July 19, 2019

News: Dozens arrested after clashes between security, Sidama statehood activists; police, activists report causalities

Signboards declaring Sidama statehood are placed in various places in Sidama zone . Photo: Social Media Addis Standard staffs Addis…
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July 17, 2019

Analysis: Electoral Board to hold Sidama referendum within five months, deadlock hits SEPDM

Muferiat Kamil, chairwoman of SEPDM, is fighting to keep her party to remain a vanguard party governing the southern region…
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July 4, 2019

Crisis Group: Time for Ethiopia to Bargain with Sidama over Statehood

Caption: Right: A group of young Sidama activists participating in this year’s Chamballala celebrations. Left: An elederly woman taking part…
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June 18, 2019

Opinion: Sidama’s Quest for Statehood and the Question of Hawassa

Photo: Hawassa city A Sidama Nationalist’s View Hailegabriel G Feyissa (PhD), For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, June 19/2019 – The…
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May 30, 2019

Special Edition: Chronicles of Sidama people’s struggle for self rule

Please Click here to download the PDF version of this special edition A brief political history of Sidama Nation for…
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February 18, 2019

Opinion: The Sidama quest for self rule is ripe, smearing it is ineffective

Caption: On November 02 2018, the southern regional state council deliberated on the earlier decision by the Zone request for…
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January 14, 2019

Commentary: The Sidama people, the false marriage with nations and nationalities and the need for legal divorce

Yohanan Yokamo, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, January 14/ 2019 – The Sidama People are the indigenous Cushitic or Kushitic…
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