መንግስታችን | ሲዳማ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት ርዕሰ መስተዳድር ጽ/ቤት

In July 2019, the Gudumaale square in Hawassa, seat of the Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples’ Regional State (SNNP), was poised to serve as the place where the Sidama people unilaterally declared their statehood. After a protracted struggle for self-determination that spanned over a century—and in the absence of government response to a constitutional referendum request—thousands made their way to the square in the early morning of 18 July 2019.