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World Service,20 Nov 2019,53 mins

Ethiopia’s Sidama to vote on autonomy

Newsday

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People in Ethiopia’s Sidama zone are due to go the polls to decide if they want to become the country's tenth semi-autonomous state. Reverend Purity Malinga is the first female bishop to be elected by the Southern African Methodist church, in South Africa. Nearly 70 Burundian soldiers are missing following clashes with suspected militants.

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