Ethiopia: As Ethiopia Votes, Human Rights Are Not the Real Story

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Ethiopia's elections have been overshadowed by criticism of the government's human rights record. Fair enough, it's a poor record. But this kind of one-dimensional thinking misses the point entirely. Far from tearing Ethiopia down, we should be looking at all the things this country is doing right. By SIMON ALLISON.

On Sunday, Ethiopians voted in parliamentary elections that will be won by the ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF). The only uncertainty is whether the party will better their showing in the 2010 poll, where they secured an astonishing - and, frankly, suspicious - 99.6% of the vote.

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