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Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by Ikeg1: 1:44am On Sep 08, 2019
Ethiopia on Thursday granted its ethnic Sidama community a referendum in November on self-determination, with a view to creating the country’s 10th autonomous region, Fana news agency reported.

Ethiopia’s nine existing regional states enjoy a degree of autonomy under which they are able to choose their official language and have limited powers over taxation, education, health and land administration.

Buoyed by political reforms introduced by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed since he took power in 2018, political activists from the Sidama – currently subsumed into one of the nine states – wanted to unilaterally declare a new regional state in July.

The same month, at least 17 people were killed in clashes between security forces and pro-autonomy activists, while other Sidama leaders accepted an offer from the government to hold a referendum within five months.

Ethiopia’s electoral board said the referendum, on Nov. 13, would address “ethnic Sidama’s demand for regional statehood,” state-affiliated Fana said on its website.

At least eight further ethnic groups in the Horn of Africa country of 105 million people are also seeking autonomy.

Abiy, appointed by the ruling coalition last year, has won praise for political reforms in what was once one of the continent’s most repressive nations.

But with many local activists using the greater freedoms to demand more rights, tensions between rival interests sometimes spark violence.

The electoral board said close to 1,700 polling stations and 8,500 election officials would be deployed for the November referendum, Fana reported.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.africanews.com/amp/2019/08/29/ethiopia-slates-november-13-for-sidama-autonomy-referendum/

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by Ikeg1: 1:45am On Sep 08, 2019
Ethiopia is a country with leaders with sense.

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by daewoorazer(m): 1:59am On Sep 08, 2019

North Africa is far ahead of its counterparts...

Nigerian leaders believe the larger the dumb heads, the sweeter the loot and the bigger the babariga...

For clarification, ask gandollar

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by IGBOSON1: 2:22am On Sep 08, 2019
But how comes Ethiopians aren't shouting 'one indivisible and indosuluble whatever'?

They are light years ahead of Nigeria!

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by Mutemenot(m): 2:23am On Sep 08, 2019
Naija comes to mind cheesy

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by docadams: 3:19am On Sep 08, 2019
The 'mumuness' of IPOBIANS is inbred. One already said Ethiopia is in North Africa .

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by Ikeg1: 3:37am On Sep 08, 2019
daewoorazer:

North Africa is far ahead of its counterparts...

Nigerian leaders believe the larger the dumb heads, the sweeter the loot and the bigger the babariga...

For clarification, ask gandollar

Ethiopia is in East Africa, not North

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by Ikeg1: 3:39am On Sep 08, 2019
IGBOSON1:
But how comes Ethiopians aren't shouting 'one indivisible and indosuluble whatever'?

They are light years ahead of Nigeria!

Exactly. Ethiopia have been growing for awhile now and we can see why. Their leaders actually have brains.

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by daewoorazer(m): 3:47am On Sep 08, 2019
Ikeg1:


Ethiopia is in East Africa, not North

NorthAfrica...So it’s still safe to say it’s in the north...always get your facts right before you disagree
Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by eleko1: 4:11am On Sep 08, 2019
sad sad pythons/won't allow Ipob to go

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by Ikeg1: 4:41am On Sep 08, 2019
daewoorazer:


NorthAfrica...So it’s still safe to say it’s in the north...always get your facts right before you disagree

I'm not about to argue common knowledge

Ethiopia is an EAST AFRICAN country. Educate yourself!!

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by dokyOloye: 4:42am On Sep 08, 2019
docadams:
The 'mumuness' of IPOBIANS is inbred. One already said Ethiopia is in North Africa .
IPOB is still giving you nightmares today?

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by daewoorazer(m): 4:45am On Sep 08, 2019
Ikeg1:


I'm not about to argue common knowledge

Ethiopia is an EAST AFRICAN country. Educate yourself!!


You have a poor knowledge of geography MR island
To help you out

It means part of it belongs to the north, and part to the east...if you still don’t understand that, see your doctor
#over&out

Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by Ikeg1: 5:09am On Sep 08, 2019
daewoorazer:



You have a poor knowledge of geography MR island
To help you out

It means part of it belongs to the north, and part to the east...if you still don’t understand that, see your doctor
#over&out

Are you seriously this slow. Northeastern does not mean it's part of the North. It is talking about their position in the region they are in aka the northern position of East Africa.


Northern Africa is generally accepted to refer to the northernmost region of the African continent, stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco in the west to the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the east. By this definition, the nations included are:

Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Sahara *
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Northern_Africa
https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Africa


Eastern Africa is a region of sub–Saharan Africa containing the easternmost region of the continent, composed of two distinct regions:
East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda;
Horn of Africa, made up of Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Eastern_Africa
https://www.britannica.com/place/eastern-Africa

The fact someone had to educate you on this is really sad. Even if you are highly incompetent on the knowledge, at least listen to the people in question. The Ethiopians themselves tell you they are East Africans. I repeat educate yourself

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by UncleJudax(m): 5:21am On Sep 08, 2019
daewoorazer:

[b]North Africa is far ahead of its counterparts...

Nigerian leaders believe the larger the dumb heads, the sweeter the loot and the bigger the babariga...

For clarification, ask gandollar
[/b]
East.
Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by daewoorazer(m): 5:35am On Sep 08, 2019
Ikeg1:

It is talking about their position in the region they are in aka the northern position of East Africa.


With this statement you made,
It is certain there is nothing left in the right side of your thick skull, and nothing right about what’s left.

So if a country is in the western part of east Africa, you’ll call it westEastern?

We have 4 cardinals, north, east, south and west. Some regions fall into 2 cardinals, like in the case of south eastern states in Nigeria like Enugu; when Nigeria is divided into 2 along the y-axis, enugu falls to the eastern space, and when divided along the x-axis, it falls south....so it’s southeastern...

Rivers a core south is referred to as south south; not because it belongs to the southern part of the south like your demented reasoning would suggest
Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by Ikeg1: 5:39am On Sep 08, 2019
daewoorazer:



With this statement you made,
It is certain there is nothing left in the right side of your thick skull, and nothing right about what’s left.

So if a country is in the western part of east Africa, you’ll call it westEastern?

We have 4 cardinals, north, east, south and west. Some regions fall into 2 cardinals, like in the case of south eastern states in Nigeria like Enugu; enugu shares part of the eastern space in the south....so it’s southeastern...

Rivers a core south is referred to as south south; not because it belongs to the southern part of the south like your demented reasoning would suggest

Even after providing this idiot links to educate himself, he's still arguing over common Knowledge. What a shame!!!!

So obvious you're trying to save face instead of accepting you goofed and accepted your mistake. Pathetic!!!

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by daewoorazer(m): 5:41am On Sep 08, 2019
Ikeg1:


Even after providing this idiot links to educate himself, he's still arguing over common Knowledge. What a shame!!!!

So obvious you're trying to save face instead of accepting you goofed and accepted your mistake. Pathetic!!!


O dun werey...

Never knew you are brilliant than Wikipedia....dindinrin
Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by Ikeg1: 5:46am On Sep 08, 2019
daewoorazer:



O dun werey...

Never knew you are brilliant than Wikipedia....dindinrin

I provided this idiot Encyclopedia as well as Britiannica and this fool is talking about Wikipedia? Are you serious? SMH. Just fucking sad.
Even Wikipedia didn't agree with your ignorance. It said the same thing as the other two links I gave you. You're just too stupid to understand the difference between North Africa and Northeastern


I'm done educating common knowledge. Here hear it from the people in question.

Her husband is Ethiopian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg0kxmyGjbM
Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by Masterclass32: 6:29am On Sep 08, 2019
Nobody is screaming 'One Ethiopia !', unlike what obtains here.

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Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by theenchanter: 6:31am On Sep 08, 2019
daewoorazer:

North Africa is far ahead of its counterparts...

Nigerian leaders believe the larger the dumb heads, the sweeter the loot and the bigger the babariga...

For clarification, ask gandollar
is ethiopia in North africa?
Re: Ethiopia Slates November 13 For Sidama Autonomy Referendum by Nobody: 6:51am On Sep 08, 2019
The zoological estate will collapse.

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