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Ethiopia: EDP Rejects Preliminary Election Result
Reporter, 13 June 2015
The Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP) revealed that the May 24 general election that took place throughout the country was not free, fair and credible, and so, the party does not… Read more »
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Ethiopia: No Complaints Despite Opposition Rejecting Results - Electoral Body
Addis Fortune, 7 June 2015
Issues have been raised and results not accepted but there have been no formal complaints to NEBE Read more »
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Ethiopia: More Opposition Parties Reject Poll Results
Addis Fortune, 7 June 2015
The Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP) announced that it will not accept the results of the recently held election. This makes it the fifth party to reject the election results… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Aeup, Erapa Reject Election Result
Reporter, 6 June 2015
The All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP) and Ye Ethiopia Ra'iy Party (ERaPa), both of which took part in the fifth round of the general elections, rejected the results of the May 24… Read more »
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Ethiopia: UDJ Calls for the Respect of Voters' Decision
Reporter, 6 June 2015
Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ), headed by Tigistu Awelu, who, following the internal rift within the party, was favored by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) to… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Redefining Democracy
Reporter, 6 June 2015
Getachew Reda is special assistant to the Prime Minister who formerly served as director of Public Diplomacy and Communications at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Figuring Out Elections Under a Dominant Party
Reporter, 6 June 2015
As the dust settles, political parties, commentators and foreign partners have started to reflect on the fifth general election and the provisional results released last week. That… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Opposition Party Wants Election Inquiry
Reporter, 30 May 2015
The Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Medrek) that took part in the general election called for the establishment of an independent body of inquiry to inspect possible… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Bonga Election to Be Held Next Week
Reporter, 6 June 2015
Board downplayed accusation by parties Read more »
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Ethiopia: We Do Not Want to Pronounce What We Have Not Seen.
Addis Fortune, 1 June 2015
Hifikepunye Pohamba, former president of Namibia and head of African Union's Observers Mission in Ethiopia's latest national election, said this while responding to a question… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Elections Are Over, Then What?
Ethiopian Herald, 3 June 2015
The 2015 General Election in Ethiopia are now over and preliminary results have been partially released. The history of democracy in Ethiopia is very short and if elections are a… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Blue Party Raises Serious Complaints, Rejects Election Results
Addis Fortune, 31 May 2015
Blue Party, like Medrek, has denounced the preliminary results but has not announced its next steps Read more »
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Ethiopia: Blue Rejects Election Result
Reporter, 30 May 2015
Semayawi Party (Blue), the youngest party to take part in the fifth round of the general elections as well as a first time participant, rejected both the process and the results of… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Voting Day Violations
Addis Fortune, 31 May 2015
Reports are that the election was free and fair but the test may be in how official complaints are handled Read more »
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Ethiopia: Beyene Sour About the Electoral Process
Reporter, 30 May 2015
Professor Beyene Petros is the president of the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Medrek), one of the main opposition political parties contesting seats in the current… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Fault Lines of EPRDF's Democracy
Addis Fortune, 31 May 2015
Democracy is a process exercised between the majority and the minority of the voters. To identify the majority from the minority, democratic systems conduct fair and free… Read more »
More Ethiopian Opposition Parties Reject Poll Results
The Ethiopian Democratic Party says that it will not accept the results of the recent poll, making it the fifth party to do so following Medrek, Blue Party, All Ethiopia Unity Party, and Ethiopian Raey Party.
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Garnering 99.6 percent of the vote in the 2010 election, the ruling party seems unchallenged in the country's fifth national and regional poll. While provisional results are being ... Read more »
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Over past few weeks, controversy has raged over the politics and the logistics of the upcoming election, writes Tsegaye R. Ararssa in Addis Standard. Read more »
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According to the government's Communications Minister, Redwan Hussien, political parties and other stakeholders have found the electoral registration and campaigning process to be ... Read more »
