{"id":2333,"date":"2019-07-24T06:22:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/2019\/07\/24\/more-than-35-dead-in-ethiopias-sidama-zone-following-civil-unrest\/"},"modified":"2019-07-24T06:22:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:22:22","slug":"more-than-35-dead-in-ethiopias-sidama-zone-following-civil-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/2019\/07\/24\/more-than-35-dead-in-ethiopias-sidama-zone-following-civil-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMore Than 35\u201d Dead In Ethiopia\u2019s Sidama Zone Following Civil Unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is civil unrest in Ethiopia\u2019s Sidama Zone. According to the Ethiopia Observer<\/a>, the past week has seen protests across the southern Ethiopian region\u2014many of them violent\u2014following the murder of a young man on July 18th. One protest in the Hagere Selam town of Hula Woreda was met with gunfire from federal police, killing 14 people, according to a witness on the scene.<\/p>\n

New reports from the Addis Standard<\/a> state the death total has reached \u201cmore than 35,\u201d with hundreds more displaced.<\/p>\n

Much of the unrest stems from the Sidama Liberation Movement (SLM), a group seeking an \u201cautonomous region for Sidama ethnic group.\u201d The Ethiopia Observer notes that many of the attacks seen in the Sidama Zone have been carried out along ethnic lines. \u201cNon-Sidama ethnic communities were targeted, houses and government buildings burned, shops looted by an organized group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the buildings destroy were three orthodox churches in Hagere Selam, “Vehicles belonging to Yirga Alem town\u2019s administration,\u201d and a flour factory owned by a person born in a different region of Ethiopia. Also caught in the crossfire is the Aregash Lodge, \u201ca popular tourist destination located in the outskirts of Yirga Alem\u201d that was a frequent stopover for coffee travelers on origin trips. One member of the Aregash Lodge management tells the Ethiopia Observer that two of their vans (as well as one of their client\u2019s vehicles) were burned and all of their tukuls\u2014round mud huts with thatched cone roofs where visitors would stay\u2014were looted; none were burned in the fires.<\/p>\n

A referendum is expected to be held to decide the Sidama Zone\u2019s quest for statehood, but many of the Sidama activists believe it is coming too late, per the article.<\/p>\n

There is currently no official count of those who lost their lives as the violence continues to be carried out by protestors and police alike. According to the Addis Standard, internet has been disable across the entire zone and cell service is “hardly available,” so the final total may not be known for a while.<\/p>\n

This story is developing…<\/em><\/p>\n

Zac Cadwalader<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.\u00a0Read more Zac Cadwalader\u00a0on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Top image via the Ethiopia Observer<\/em><\/p>\n

The post “More Than 35” Dead In Ethiopia’s Sidama Zone Following Civil Unrest<\/a> appeared first on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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