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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 language speaking Ethiopians. After EPRDF assumed power in 1991 immediately after the transition period, the Sidama nation has been granted its regional self-administration for the