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Subscribe by RSSPress Statement Marie Harf Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC May 27, 2015 The United States commends the people of Ethiopia for their civic participation in generally peaceful parliamentary and regional elections on May 24. We acknowledge the National Electoral Board’s organizational efforts and the African Union’s […]
Bloomberg William Davison, May 27 Ethiopia’s ruling coalition won a majority in national elections, extending its 20-year rule over Africa’s second-most populous country, the electoral board said. The Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front, or EPRDF, and allied parties won all 442 of the seats counted so far in the 547-member […]
Joint Statement Regarding the Fake Election in Ethiopia May 25, 2015 May 25, 2015 The Ogaden National Liberation Front, The Oromo Liberation Front and the Sidama Liberation front categorically state that the so called elections held in Ethiopia on May 24, 2015, was not an expression of the democratic will […]
Editorial Today the EPRDF regime is conducting a massive hype in Ethiopia. Millions of people are casting their ‘votes’ in order to choose a parliament for the next five years as the regime claims. Most of these millions are there not by choice, but have to perform this demeaning exercise […]
May 22, 2015 European Parliament Discusses Situation in Ethiopia ahead of 24 May Election: Is the EU Evaluating an Ambiguous Tradeoff? On 20 May 2015, the situation in Ethiopia ahead of the 24 May parliamentary election was discussed during the European Parliament’s monthly plenary session in Strasbourg. After an introductory […]
Statement by the Arid Lands Institute given out and read at the 56th regular session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights in Banjul, Gambia, on April 26, 2015 2015-05-14, Issue 726 If the economic and human rights situation in Ethiopia is really as rosy as it is painted […]
By Editorial Board April 30 ETHIOPIA’S ELECTIONS, scheduled for May 24, are shaping up to be anything but democratic. A country that has often been held up as a poster child for development has been stifling civic freedoms and systematically cracking down on independent journalism for several years. It was […]
Press Release On 27th April, a day that is so dear to black South Africans marks the 21st anniversary of South Africa freedom day. A day which the black South Africans debunked the hey days of apartheid era of white minority rule which subjected the indigenous blacks as slavery and […]
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), in cooperation with Julie Ward MEP (S&D), Soraya Post MEP (S&D), Ana Gomes MEP (S&D), Jordi Sebastià MEP (G/EFA), Bodil Ceballos MEP (G/EFA) and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), will be convening a high-level conference entitled ‘Cartoon Democracy – Authoritarian Rule and Elections in […]
