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 ...

The current challenge comes from the Sidama ethnic group from a region commonly known the Southern Ethiopia Regional State. Ethnic Sidamas have been granted self administrative rights by controlling ...

Marie-Curie Fellow, EURAC Research and Associate Professor, Public Law and Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape Mounting tensions in southern Ethiopia are creating high levels of nervousness ...

People in Ethiopia's ethnic Sidama region voted on Wednesday in a referendum that could carve out a new federal state in a nation already struggling with community tensions. With heavy security on the ...

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 ...

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. By Giulia Paravicini HAWASSA, Ethiopia, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Awol Beyene got ...