The United States cautioned Ethiopia Wednesday that future bilateral relations will be shaped by whether the Addis Ababa government is responsive to international criticism of its just-completed elections. The State Department said the election rules heavily favored the ruling party, which virtually swept the parliamentary vote. The Obama administration says while it values Ethiopian cooperation on regional security and other issues, it... Read more
Posts Tagged ‘election’
US State Department Reaction on Ethiopian Election ( VIDEO )
May 27 | Posted by ocean | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, Video Tags: election, Obama, State department, us, vote
EU Chief of Observers Thijs Berman Letter to Ethiopian News Agency
May 27 | Posted by ocean | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: Berman, election, ENA, Letter, observer, Thijs, voteLetter to the Editor To: ENA, Ethiopian News Agency From: Thijs Berman, EU EOM Chief Observer Addis Ababa, May 26, 2010 Dear Sir, With more than great interest I have read your article this morning (“EU EOM says NEBE competent, professional to administer national election”, as published in the Ethiopian Herald) on our findings regarding the May 23 elections in Ethiopia. You may imagine that I, as the... Read more
Ethiopian Opposition Rejects Election Results
May 27 | Posted by ocean | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: election, hailu shawel, opposition, Result, voteEthiopia’s two largest opposition parties denounced the country’s recent national elections Wednesday, calling for new vote. International organizations and the United States continue to criticize the election process. Medrek and the All Ethiopia Unity Party, Ethiopia’s two largest opposition parties were crushed in national parliamentary elections a few days ago. But both parties are now saying it is not over yet.... Read more
Meles Zenawi gave the first press conference after the controversial election. ( VIDEO )
May 27 | Posted by ocean | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, Video Tags: election, meles, opposition, press, voteEthiopia’s Meles Zenawi gave the first press conference after the May 23, 2010
Meles Zenawi press conference after the 2010 election
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Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi rejects poll criticism
May 26 | Posted by ocean | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: election, EU, meles zenawi, opposition, vote(Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi rejected opposition calls for a fresh election on Wednesday, after the Europe Union and the United States said his landslide victory did not meet international standards. However, the 55-year-old leader who came to power in 1991 offered the opposition an olive branch, saying forums may be used to give opponents a say in key... Read more
Two Ethiopia opposition members killed after poll
May 26 | Posted by ocean | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: bereket, election, killed, merara, opposition, vote* Ruling party won overwhelming majority * Government says killings being investigated * European Union says poll fell short of standards By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, May 26 (Reuters) – An Ethiopian opposition party said Wednesday that two of its members had been shot dead by security forces in the sensitive Oromia region in a crackdown on dissent after the ruling party’s crushing election... Read more
Ethiopia Opposition Leader Calls for New Vote
May 26 | Posted by ocean | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: election, opposition, voteAn opposition leader in Ethiopia has rejected the results from parliamentary elections that gave the ruling party an overwhelming victory and called for a new vote. Hailu Shawl, leader of the All Ethiopians Unity party, told reporters Wednesday intimidation and fraud influenced Sunday’s election. The United States and the European Union have both said the election appeared to fall short of international... Read more
Zenawi’s Ethiopian election sting
May 26 | Posted by ocean | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: election, EPRDF, meles zenawi, opposition, voteBy Andrew Simmons in Addis Ababa Shortly after dawn Ethiopia’s capital was filled with the sound of loud hailers, the horns of flatbed lorries packed with people and the distorted blast of sound systems playing music. Roads in Addis Ababa on Tuesday were... Read more
Ethiopian Government complained on EU observer report
May 25 | Posted by ocean | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: election, EPRDF, EU, observer, oppositionAddis Ababa, May 25 (WIC) - The EU election observers’ mission in Ethiopia has failed to properly address its observation and failed to answer most of the questions posed by journalists in a press conference it held at Hilton Hotel today, May 25, 2010. In his May 23, 2010 press conference, the Chief observer Thijs Berman reported that the irregularities it... Read more
EU observers say Ethiopia election ‘falls short’
May 25 | Posted by ocean | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: election, EPRDF, Medrek, meles, negaso, observer, voteEU observers have criticised Ethiopia’s election, as Prime Minister Meles Zenawi holds a victory rally attended by tens of thousands of people. There was an “uneven playing field”, said chief EU observer Thijs Berman. Mr Meles is heading for a landslide victory, election officials say but the opposition has complained of vote-rigging. Violent protests over alleged fraud in the last poll in 2005... Read more
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