Ethiopia Announces New Date for National Election
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has announced that it will hold the country's sixth national election on June 21, 2021. NEBE chairperson Birtukan Mideksa had earlier announced that the election would not be conducted on June 5. Ethiopians were scheduled to cast their votes to elect a new Parliament as well as regional and municipal councils in August 2020, but that was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. That delay lead to an unsanctioned election by the local administration in Tigray in defiance of the federal government decision, which led to the current war.
Meanwhile the United States says it is gravely concerned by the increasing number of cases of military forces blocking humanitarian access to parts of the Tigray region, which places the 5.2 million people in the region in immediate need of assistance at even greater risk. The U.S. also called on Eritrea to immediately withdraw it forces, which have been accused of numerous atrocities again the civilian Tigray population.
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Ethiopia:
Electoral Board Announces New Date for National Election
East African, 21 May 2021
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (Nebe) on Thursday announced that it will hold the sixth national election on June 21. Read more »
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Ethiopia:
General Election to Take Place On June 21
ENA, 20 May 2021
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced that the 6th General Election will be held on June 21, 2021. Read more »
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Ethiopia:
As Electoral Board Reckons With Delays, EU's Final Decision Is to Send No Mission At All
Addis Standard, 18 May 2021
The 6th national elections that was scheduled to take place on June 5, 2021 was postponed with the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) citing that the postponement was due… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
UN, Ethiopia Rights Groups Set to Begin Joint Probe Into Tigray Abuses
Nation, 17 May 2021
An Ethiopian agency and a UN team is, in the coming few weeks, set to start a joint investigation into serious human rights violations committed in the Tigray region. Read more »
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Ethiopia:
U.S 'Gravely Concerned' About Denial of Humanitarian Access in Tigray Region
State Department, 15 May 2021
The United States is gravely concerned by the increasing number of confirmed cases of military forces blocking humanitarian access to parts of the Tigray region. This unacceptable… Read more »
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Birtukan Mideksa, chair of the National Election Board of Ethiopia, in 2018.