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Ethiopia referendum: Dozens killed in Sidama clashes

Youth from the Sidama ethnic group, the largest in southern Ethiopia, ride in the back of a truck at Hawassa city on July 15, 2019 during celebrations over plans by local elders to declare the establishment of a breakaway region. PHOTO | MICHAEL TEWELDE | AFP

By  BBC

Hawassa

At least 25 people have died in clashes between Ethiopian security forces and activists in southern Ethiopia, hospital officials have told the BBC.

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