Hawassa — Awol Beyene got married on Sunday in a white tuxedo, with his voting card in one hand and his bride’s hand in the other.
On Wednesday Awol’s Sidama people will vote in a referendum on whether to form their own self-governing region in southern Ethiopia, as sweeping reforms under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have emboldened ethnic groups to demand more rights...
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