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Ethiopia Elections 2021
News: Electoral Board says five regional states fail to submit list of constituency offices per schedule, issues new deadline
By Siyanne Mekonnen @siyaanne Addis Abeba, February 10/2021 – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has issued a statement requesting five regional states which failed to submit list of constituency offices per the Board’s timeline and issued deadline for cooperation. According to the Board, Afar, Amhara, Sidama, Somali and Southern …
News: U.S. Embassy kicks off election training for Ethiopian journalists
Addis Abeba, February 9/2021 – On February 8, 2021, the U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba launched the first of 25 week-long media trainings throughout Ethiopia to train approximately 500-700 journalists across the country to empower and educate journalists on their roles and responsibilities on election coverage. The media training includes educating voters …
News: Electoral Board cautions OLF party structure, its members to convene general assembly to settle leadership split #EthioElection2021
By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba, February 05/2021 – In a statement it issued on February 04, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said its efforts so far to help settle internal split within the leadership of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) were to no avail and asked the …