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Somali Regional State
Analysis: Combating Invisibility: Getting Everyone in the Somali Region Counted
BY ABDIRAHMAN AHMED @ABDIRAXMANSOCY Addis Abeba, September 25/2020 – Lack of accurate and reliable population data makes policy formulation, development planning and political endeavor difficult. It is a must for any nations of the world to have clear-cut information about its population without which sustainable and holistic development is not attainable. …
Viewpoint: Somali Region’s two years of Transition: successes and shortcomings
By Mohamed-Taqwim Badel Ali @taqwiim99 Addis Abeba, August 25/2020 – Somali region is one of the Ethiopia’s 10 regional states, the largest in land mass with an estimated population of 7-8 million, inhabited by the third largest ethnic group after Oromo and Amhara. And it is one of the least …
News: Protests in Degehabur after death of a young man in the hands of the police; Somali region chief security says situation calm
Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, August 17/2020 – Several hundred people took to the street in of Degehabur (Dhagaxbuur) city of Somali regional state today to protest against the shooting death of Mukhtar Yare (A.K.A Usama) by regional security forces. Protesters burned tyres and blocked inner city road in front …
