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The people of Bolivia’s wealthiest province will go to the polls on Sunday to vote on plans for autonomy.

Surveys suggest most residents of Santa Cruz will vote in favour of keeping the province’s riches from being distributed to poorer areas of the country.

But there’s one group, the Poncho Rojas, or Red Ponchos, that vow to fight to the death if Santa Cruz tries to break away.

They are fiercely loyal to Evo Morales, the president.

Teresa Bo reports.

For more than ten years, many people from Ethiopia’s eastern Ogaden region have been battling for an autonomous state.

It is a hidden war that has seen many women take up arms.

Al Jazeera was given exclusive access to Ogaden. 

Mohammed Adow has more on the fighters from the Ogaden National Liberation Front.