Gambella Community Development

Sidama set to referendum on Nov.13, 2019 for autonomy

August 30, 2019 (GCDC) - Ethiopia on August 29, granted its ethnic Sidama community a referendum in November on self-determination, with a view to creating the country’s 10th autonomous region, the ...

Sidama say they plan to unilaterally declare their own federal state this week

July 17, 2019 (GMN) - Activists in Ethiopia were set to declare a new region for their Sidama ethnic group in defiance of the central government, with some residents of the southern city of Hawassa ...

Search continue for S.Sudanese body who drowned near Calgary

Calgary, July 04, 2019 (GCDC) - A young man believed drowned in southern Alberta this weekend had jumped off a cliff into the Highwood River before eventually being swept away, investigators ...

Ethiopia: Coup attempt against Amhara regional state failed

June 22, 2019 (GCDC) - Ethiopia said there was a failed coup attempt against the head of one of the country’s nine regional states on Saturday, underscoring the challenges facing the new prime ...

Ban the boogie: Juba shuts nightclubs and all discos

May 11, 2019 (GCDC) - South Sudan's capital Juba will ban all clubs and limit bar hours due to alleged "immoral acts" taking place in night spots, the presidency said ...

Ethiopia: UNHCR has suspended missions to all the refugee camps in Gambella

May 01, 2019 (GCDC) - The United Nations Higher Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has said it has suspended its operations in the Western part of Ethiopia, Gambella region due to ...

92 inmates escape from Gambella prison as individual fight escalates to ethnic one

April 19, 2019 (GCDC) - Fight between individuals in Gambella prison escalated ethnic violence between ethnic Nuér and ethnic Anuak. 92 inmates escaped in the ensuing ...

James Dak’s father claims co-founding Bilpam Headquarters of SPLM/SPLA

Gambella, March 23, 2019 (GCDC) – The father of recently released South Sudanese spokesman, James Gatdet Dak, has revealed how he co-founded Bilpam, which became the historical General Headquarters ...