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May 2010

Calling New Election a confrontation for Melese’s new coming absolute power? Boycott would have been better than reelection demand …

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 Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) Chairperson announced here late on Tuesday. In a news conference he gave here today, the Chairperson, …

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Unease over extent of ruling party’s landslide in Ethiopia

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 seats in Sunday’s election, according to preliminary results, raising serious questions over the country’s democratic direction. The Ethiopian national electoral …

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Ethiopia’s Biggest Electoral Prize Divided As Election Nears

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 way across the nation’s midsection, south to the Kenyan border and north to Addis Ababa.  The contest for Ethiopia’s biggest …

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Ethiopian Diaspora, US Rights Groups Seek Democratic Progress in Ethiopia

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 its Horn of Africa ally Ethiopia to implement democratic reform, ahead of parliamentary elections Sunday.  But Africa experts say Washington …

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2005 Ethiopian Election: A Look Back

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 be open to handle an estimated 31 million registered voters. Facing the ruling party, with 501 candidates, are several opposition …

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