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Ethiopia: Death Toll Rises to 'More Than 35' in Sidama Zone, Hundreds Displaced
Addis Standard, 22 July 2019
The number of civilians killed in Sidama zone in southern Ethiopia since July 18 has risen to "more than 35", according to Yigezuh Adamu, a resident of Yirgalem who is currently in… Read more »
Death Toll Rises in Southern Ethiopia, Hundreds Displaced
About 35 people have been killed in the Sidama zone in southern Ethiopia since July 18, according to witnesses who say hundreds of people have also been displaced after their property was vandalised.
A regional TV, South Radio and Television Agency, showed burned cares, shops, bars and restaurants in Aleta Wendo town during its news hour last night. It also featured distraught civilians who have lost their belongings.
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Ethiopia: Country At a Crossroads As Region in South Pushes for New State
East African, 20 July 2019
Ethiopia risks splitting into small regional units if the government allows the Sidama in the south to declare its own state in five months. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Abiy's Ethiopia Democratic Revolution Is Unravelling
Nation, 21 July 2019
Upon coming to power on April 2, 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed promised liberty. But one year on, and as Ethiopia edges closer to its election scheduled for 2020, the… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Abiy's Walking a Tightrope, Let's Pray He Doesn't Fall Off
East African, 20 July 2019
Something peculiar - and profoundly significant in the broad sweep of African politics - is happening in Ethiopia. Read more »
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Over the past 15 months, Desalegn, his wife, and their five children have lived in a dozen different places. After their own home in western Guji, in Ethiopia's Oromia region, was ... Read more »
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed looks increasingly vulnerable as he faces deep divisions in the ruling coalition, simmering ethnic conflicts and millions of internally ... Read more »
