Ethiopia elections 2020
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News: OFC says Jawar Mohammed is Ethiopian as Electoral Board demands citizenship proof for 2nd time
Addis Abeba, February 01/2020 – Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) executive member Tiruneh Gemta said Jawar Mohammed, who recently joined OFC,…
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News: OFC, OLF and ONP agree to form “Coalition for Democratic Federalism”
A photo posted by Jawar Mohammed, second from left, shows representatives of the three parties having a conversation. From middle…
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Interview: “I have always said that there is really no ideological difference between Oromo political parties” Jawar Mohammed
Jawar Mohammed announced yesterday that the party he will be joining in the run up to the next election will…
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News: Somali regional state asks “equitable representation” at federal parliament
In the letter, the vice president stated that based on the 1994 population and housing census of Ethiopia, which put…
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International Crisis Group: keeping Ethiopia’s transition on the rails
Nairobi/Addis Abeba/Brussels, 16 December 2019 – Firist Published Here What’s new? Clashes in October 2019 in Oromia, Ethiopia’s most populous region,…
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Editorial: The morning after Oslo: The hard work should begin
Addis Abeba, December 12/2019 – On December 10, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed accepted the 2019 Noble award for peace. Today,…
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Commentary: Dangerous interregnum: The anatomy of Ethiopia’s mismanaged transition
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during a press conference on August 25/2019 in Addis Abeba. Ezekiel Gebissa, for Addis Standard Addis…
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Opinion: Why Ethiopia needs a strong incumbent political party in the transition to democracy
On Sunday December 01 eight parties constituting the new Prosperity Party signed the document marking the unification of EPRDF Girmachew…
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The Interview: “We think we will win a majority in Oromia and win significant seats in the federal parliament,” Dawud Ibsa
Born in 1952 in Abuna village, Horro Guduru District in the then Wollega province, present day western Oromia, Dawud Ibsa…
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Updated: Lemma Megerssa dismisses Medemer, Prosperity Party (Translation of the full interview)
Lemma is a close ally of PM Abiy who also stepped down as chairman of then OPDO, a decision which…
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