“Foreign ministry spokesman Meles Alem told AFP Rastafarians will now be eligible to receive ID cards that will allow them to reside and have most legal rights in the country.
However, while this card allows them residency they are still not considered citizens.”
Read more:
www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/ethiopia-to-issue-ids-for-rastafarian-community
www.africanews.com/2017/07/28/stateless-rastafarians-in-ethiopia-promised-identity-cards/
www.enca.com/africa/ethiopia-gives-rastafarians-id-cards
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ethiopia-give-id-cards-rastafarians-long-stateless