Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bride Awal Beyene 22 and groom Selemawit Nega 19, show their voting cards as they celebrate their wedding ahead of Sidama region ...

At least 71 people have died in Ethiopia after a truck crashed into a river in the country's southern Sidama region, according to local authorities. Wosenyeleh Simion, the spokesperson for the Sidama ...

The much-anticipated referendum for statehood of the Sidama zone began on Wednesday, with voters forming long queues at polling stations since early morning. Scores of people were killed in stand-off ...

Sidama youths chat slogans as they gather for a meeting to declare their own region in Hawassa, Ethiopia July, 17, 2019. [File:Tiksa Negeri/Reuters] By the end of November 2019, Ethiopia may have one ...

Ethiopia's Sidama people vote on self-determination in a referendum Wednesday closely watched by other restive ethnic groups also seeking more autonomy since reforms by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed shook ...

HAWASSA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Sidama people have voted overwhelmingly to form their own self-governing region as many of the country's ethnic groups demand greater autonomy under sweeping ...

The government must encourage demands for the creation of new states to be an outcome of negotiations. Shutterstock November 20, 2019 might go down in history as one of the turning points for ...

HAWASSA, Ethiopia, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Awol Beyene got married on Sunday in a white tuxedo, with his voting card in one hand and his bride's hand in the other. On Wednesday, Awol's Sidama people will ...