ready to fight and i'm very happy i hope that everything will be finalized in peace so that we can all live together in harmony best element in. ethiopia is home to more than 80 ethnic groups more than half of which are found in the south of the country only a few of them have their own administrative region as the country's 5th most numerous at group the saddam as want to create their own semi autonomous state and right and trained in the current constitution with the referendum approaching excitement is growing among the saddam activists. it's a very happy time now for us we were oppressed and because of this we lost our identity our culture and our own administration so now the saddam's are fighting to regain their lost autonomy. the pastor autonomy was beset with episodes of violence from different ethnic groups last july dozens were killed in protests many saddam activists were arrested some are still in jail under pressure the government of