By Alemayehu G Mariam What do you get when you cross a thugocracy with democracy? A thugmocracy. When thugs are “elected” to political office, they become thugmocrats. Naturally, “elected” thugmocrats run thugmocracies. If democracy is a government of the people, by the people for the people, a thugmocracy is a government of thugs, by thugs,
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Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia’s main opposition party on Friday condemned weekend elections, which saw the ruling party cruise back into office, as a “disgrace” and proof the country was a one-party state. According to preliminary results from last Sunday’s elections, the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn secured
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By Anita Powell May 28, 2015 ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — VOA -you a journalist?” the young man asks me as we board the elevator. In Ethiopia, this is a loaded question. It earned me an extra 45-minute wait at airport immigration as officials thumbed through my passport, pawed through my luggage and asked me what
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(CNN) – A top State Department official — Wendy Sherman — will depart following the completion of the Iran nuclear talks, a source confirms to CNN. Sherman, the under secretary for political affairs, is the fourth-ranking State Department official. (Freedom House) – “Under Secretary Sherman’s comments today were woefully ignorant and counter-productive,” said Daniel Calingaert,
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A studious former academic said to lack charisma finds himself both branded an autocrat and praised as a steady hand. Hailemariam was initially seen by analysts as a compromise and placeholder candidate who would do as he was told [Al Jazeera] It must be tough to be barely a few weeks into a new job
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Ethiopia has peacefully concluded its pre-election process and voting and many parties and participants have actively engaged in the process. The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia has put hard work and organisational efforts into ensuring that as many of Ethiopia’s 36.8 million registered voters as possible had the chance to exercise their vote. The EU
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Press 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 role as the only international
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Ethiopia’s elections have been overshadowed by criticism of the government’s human rights record. Fair enough, it’s a poor record. But this kind of one-dimensional thinking misses the point entirely. Far from tearing Ethiopia down, we should be looking at all the things this country is doing right. By SIMON ALLISON. On Sunday, Ethiopians voted in
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Ethiopia’s election is a wake-up call on human rights and sound governance The international community must challenge Ethiopia’s oppressive regime by funding local human rights and democracy groups Election rally by the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) in Addis Ababa, 21 May 2015. An election rally staged by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front
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By Karim Lebhour Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous country, holds general elections Sunday, the first since the death of long-time strongman Meles Zenawi whose successor Hailemariam Desalegn is seen as all but certain to stay in office. Over 36.8 million Ethiopians have registered for the polls, considered by the international community as
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