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Ethio-Somali regional state
In-depth Analysis: As Electoral Board reckons with delays and voters’ registration malfunction riddle the process, EU’s final decision is to send no mission at all
By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, May18/2021 – 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 to logistics difficulties. Prior to the postponement, the voter registration process which …
Analysis: Somali communities say bureaucratic hurdles, corruption preventing them from acquiring passports
By Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, April 21, 2021 – In a recent show of challenge to discriminatory practices applied against Ethio-Somalis applying for new passports, a number of new passport applicants held up signs protesting unjust treatment at the regional branch office of the immigration, nationality and vital events …
News: “Border demarcation not our responsibility,” Electoral Board tells Somali Region
By Siyanne Mekonnen @Siyaanne Addis Abeba March 26, 2021 – The National Electoral Board (NEBE) issued a letter in response to the letter sent to the board by the Somali regional state regarding the board’s decision to call off polling stations in eight kebeles. The Somali regional state requested the …
