MAY 26, 2010 by PROF. MUSE TEGEGNE “Addis Ababa, May 25, 2010 Ethiopian People?s Revolutionary Democratic Party (EPRDF) is leading the 4th national elections by winning 499 of the 547 federal parliamentary seats, the National Electoral …
Xan Rice in Nairobi Wed 26 May 2010 Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front secures 499 out of 547 seats, with allied parties winning a further 35 Ethiopia’s ruling party and its allies won 99.6% of parliamentary …
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By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, May 18, 2010 (Reuters) – Ethiopians vote on Sunday in the first elections since a disputed 2005 poll — touted as the country’s first truly democratic vote — ended violently, …
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Next Sunday’s election in Ethiopia is a contest for 547 seats in the House of People’s Representatives, or parliament. Of those, a third are in Oromia, a vast farming region that stretches almost all the …
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May 17, 2010 Protesters recently marched by the State Department demanding pressure for democratic change in Ethiopia Members of the Ethiopian diaspora and U.S. human rights groups want the U.S. government to put pressure on …
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VOA/ May 16, 2010 Next week, Ethiopia holds its fourth national polls since the Ethiopian People?s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) overthrew the 17-year-old Marxist government of Mengistu Hailemariam in May, 1991. Nationwide, 43,000 stations will …
Will Ross BBC News, Ethiopia Ethiopia’s opposition leaders have called for a rerun of Sunday’s elections, saying they were flawed. Head of the main opposition coalition Merera Gudina said he will not accept the results, …
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