Ethiopia: Politics Grows Up, While Power Grows Down

opinion

Preparations are being made for the 2013 nationwide local elections and the Addis Abeba City Council elections. The elections are expected to be held on April 7, 2013; the fifth local elections in the country since the EPRDF assumed power.

The first local elections, also known as snap elections, were held in April 1992 on non-partisan basis, through public meetings. The rest of the local elections were held on partisan basis.

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