The Southern region's President, Shiferaw Shigute, a Sidama, has accused elements fanning Sidama nationalism as "detractors" in a report carried by the government-owned ETV.
There are reports of trouble within the Southern Ethiopia Peoples' Democratic Movement (SEPDM), the party of the newly installed Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn. According to the source, Sidama members of the party are pushing hard to inaugurate a new Sidama state with its capital in Hawasa. The Sidama is the largest group in the Southern region, 20 percent of the population. The Southern region's President, Shiferaw Shigute, a Sidama, has accused elements fanning Sidama nationalism as "detractors" in a report carried by the government-owned ETV.
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