Author: Daniel Berhane

Daniel Berhane

Poll: Forecasting the Election in Addis Ababa

Last week, the Amharic weekly Addisadmass asked three parties to predict the election results of.

The Blundering State Dept Report(Betting on Birtukan Mideksa–III)

Arguably, the USDS report proved its clout, albeit, in a baffling manner. It would be.

UDJ’s Media Circus (Betting on Birtukan Mideksa – II)

Birtukan Mideksa’s party, UDJ (aka ANDINET), made headlines, when its leaders surprised everyone by turning.

Betting on Birtukan Mideksa-I

Justified you are to show ‘news fatigue’ or ‘reading-fatigue’, on the Birtukan Mideksa agenda. You.

Why Ethiopians may be disinclined towards ‘regime-change’ politics?

As polling day approaches, the ruling party appears set to win by a landslide. Opposition.

The Making of Post-election Crisis in Ethiopia

Premising on the widely held view that the election is a lost battle for the opposition, not a few political commentators contend a post-election crisis is unlikely. Is that really, though? Is the likelihood of post-election crisis is contingent on how the opposition fare at the polls? A look at the previous elections and the makeup of the political landscape, reveals not only the likelihood of a crisis, but also the formula.